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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RIVERWORKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,668,689
Total expenses
$1,478,634
Contributions and grants received
$1,028,312
Grants paid
$14,000
Program service revenue
$525,617
Investment income
$40,494
Other revenue
$74,266
Total assets, end of year
$600,420
Total liabilities, end of year
$320,350
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$280,070
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,309,777
Management and general expenses
$95,711
Fundraising expenses
$73,146
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,309,777

Program services were 88.6% 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

    $1,028,312

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $824,785

  • 2a · Program service revenue: THRIFT STORE

    total $525,617 · related or exempt $525,617

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5 · related or exempt $5

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $45,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $4,511

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $40,489

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $40,489 · related or exempt $40,489

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $130,747

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,667

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $70,080 · excluded $70,080

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,186 · related or exempt $4,186

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,186

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,000 · program services $14,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $419,887 · program services $329,906 · management and general $49,057 · fundraising $40,924

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,347 · program services $1,905 · management and general $5,852 · fundraising $4,590

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,351 · program services $27,124 · management and general $5,097 · fundraising $3,130

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,749 · program services $400 · management and general $19,949 · fundraising $400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,382 · program services $19,191 · management and general $4,071 · fundraising $15,120

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,221 · program services $9,519 · management and general $1,261 · fundraising $441

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,335 · program services $3,335

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $149,313 · program services $149,313

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,504 · program services $1,403 · management and general $2,788 · fundraising $3,313

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,876 · program services $5,876

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,810 · program services $9,810

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,055 · program services $245 · management and general $5,273 · fundraising $3,537

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD

    total $707,055 · program services $707,055

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $16,977 · program services $15,605 · management and general $268 · fundraising $1,104

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $6,654 · program services $6,640 · management and general $14

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $5,577 · program services $5,577

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,541 · program services $2,873 · management and general $2,081 · fundraising $587

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,969 · end of year $110,426

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $117,730

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,641 · end of year $3,382

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $151,952

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,050

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $165,223 · end of year $150,902

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $282,846 · end of year $217,980

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $135,218 · end of year $134,372

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $284,446 · end of year $185,978

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $90,015 · end of year $280,070

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RIVERWORKS ALIGNS AND MOBILIZES COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO DELIVER POWERFUL SOLUTIONS WHICH MEET THE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, RELATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THE GREENFIELD AREA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ALIGN AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO DELIVER POWERFUL SOLUTIONS TO MEET NEEDS OF PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THE GREENFILED AREA.

  • THE RIVERWORKS THRIFT STORE SELLS CLOTHING, FURNITURE, KITCHEN AND HOUSEWARES, TOYS, BOOKS AND MORE. ALL PRODUCTS ARE PRICED REASONABLY AND AT TIMES GIVEN FREE TO FAMILILIES WHO HAVE A NEED. ALL PROCEEDS GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CURRENT RIVERWORKS PROGRAMS. THE STORE HAS ONE FULL-TIME AND SEVEN PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

    Expenses $1,028,679 · Revenue $526,517

  • THE FOOD SHELF DISTRIBUTED OVER 118,000 POUNDS OF FOOD TO 1,850 HOUSEHOLDS. THE FOODSHELF HAS ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.

    Expenses $225,601

  • COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS ARE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THOUSAND HEARTS CROW RIVER SERVE/ LUNCH BOX EXPRESS, GOOD EATS BY RIVERWORKS, GOLDEN NEIGHBORS LUNCH CLUB, CROW RIVER CHRISTMAS & NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE SERVICES WHERE NEEDED.

    Expenses $55,497 · Grants $14,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Dickman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brian Howe

    CHAIRPERSON/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robin Lafond

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trent Shipley

    VICE-CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micah Kleinschmidt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Sixta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Kesanen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,995
    From this org
    $44,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512869349301046

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