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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF COTTONWOOD RANCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$194,554
Total expenses
$347,872
Contributions and grants received
$540
Grants paid
$130,000
Program service revenue
$13,575
Investment income
$173,516
Other revenue
$6,923
Total assets, end of year
$4,748,426
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,748,426
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$347,872
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$347,872

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $540

  • 2a · Program service revenue: KSHS INC CONTRACT

    total $13,500 · related or exempt $13,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MERCANDISE SALES

    total $75 · related or exempt $75

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $173,516 · related or exempt $173,516

  • 11a · Other revenue: GRANT FUND FOCR01

    total $4,870 · related or exempt $4,870

  • 11b · Other revenue: FUND FOCR00

    total $2,053 · related or exempt $2,053

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,923

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $130,000 · program services $130,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $152,469 · program services $152,469

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,650 · program services $1,650

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $50,493 · program services $50,493

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,888 · program services $4,888

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $775 · program services $775

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,600 · program services $1,600

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,634 · program services $2,634

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total -$78 · program services -$78

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,441 · program services $3,441

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,574,718 · end of year $4,748,426

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $4,574,718 · end of year $4,748,426

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND HELP PRESERVE THE HISTORIC COTTONWOOD RANCH SITE IN SHERIDAN COUNTY, KANSAS AND PROVIDE OTHER NON PROFIT GROUPS OF SHERIDAN COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREA WITH DONATION OF FUNDS TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO SERVE NW KANSAS WITH MUSEUMS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR EVENTS THAT TIE IN WITH THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS OR MAKE LIVING IN THE AREA BETTER FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND HELP WITH PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORICAL COTTONWOOD RANCH HISTORICAL SITE IN SHERIDAN COUNTY, KANSAS AND TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL PROGRAMS RELATING TO THE RANCH AND THE EARLY PIONEER/RANCH LIFESTYLE FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF VISITORS AND COUNTY RESIDENTS. TO ALSO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF THE AREA WHO STRIVE TO PROVIDE A BETTERMENT OF LIFE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS.

  • SEASONAL GUIDED TOURS OF THE HISTORIC COTTONWOOD RANCH

  • ANNUAL BBQ COOK-OFF HELD AT RANCH SITE IN OCTOBER

  • WRITER WORKSHOP SEMINAR

  • SEASONAL GUIDED TOURS OF THE HISTORICAL COTTONWOOD RANCH. ANNUAL FUN RAISING AND ENTERTAINING BBQ COOK-OFF HELD AT THE RANCH SITE IN OCTOBER. THE EVENT INCLUDES ON SITE EXIBITS AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE PIONEER WAY OF LIFE IN SHERIDAN COUNTY, KANSAS MAINTAINANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RANCH SITE. WRITER WORKSHOP

    Expenses $347,872 · Grants $130,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tony Haffner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Don Rowlison

    VICE PRES./C

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Charlene Meier

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Debra Campbell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • NW KANSAS MUSEUM COALATION

    $30,000

  • DECATUR CO MUSEUM INC

    $10,000

  • NORTON CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    $10,000

  • GRAHAM CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    $10,000

  • GOVE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    $10,000

  • SHERIDAN CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    $10,000

  • TREGO CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    $10,000

  • CULTIVATE SHERIDAN CO FUND

    $7,000

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441429349300614

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