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← MINNESOTA AGRI-GROWTH COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MINNESOTA AGRI-GROWTH COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$688,689
Total expenses
$688,197
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$678,680
Investment income
$10,009
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$88,706
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,345
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$42,361
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $427,985 · related or exempt $427,985

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENTS

    total $192,770 · related or exempt $192,770

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MN AG ECONOMIC STUDY

    total $49,975 · related or exempt $49,975

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS

    total $7,950 · related or exempt $7,950

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,009 · excluded $10,009

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $168,097

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $100,318

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,989

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,893

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,185

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $60,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $51,441

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,703

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,911

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,676

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,002

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $152,513

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,886

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL PROJECTS

    total $69,900

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASE AND MAI

    total $11,280

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SUB

    total $3,555

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $848

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,689 · end of year $47,734

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $157,201 · end of year $40,198

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,774 · end of year $774

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $168

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $134,773 · end of year $46,345

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,723 · end of year $42,361

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MINNESOTA AGRI-GROWTH COUNCIL IS TO ADVOCATE FOR MINNESOTA'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY BY SERVING AS A UNIFIED VOICE AND PROMOTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALLIED INDUSTRIES.

  • REPOSITIONED AND STRENGTHENED AGRIGROWTH'S ROLE AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER AND CONVENER TO ADDRESS COMPLEX ISSUES FACING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ISSUES IN MINNESOTA. CONDUCTED AN ECONOMIC STUDY HIGHLIGHTING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINNESOTA'S ECONOMY. RESTRUCTURED OUR MEMBERSHIP LEVELS, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2025, TO BETTER REFLECT OUR MEMBERS' PRIORITIES AND PATHWAYS TO ENGAGEMENT. HELD THREE ADDITIONAL EVENTS, IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMIT, THAT ATTRACTED HIGHER THAN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE.

  • OUR 2024 AG & FOOD SUMMIT SUCCESSFULLY CONVENED AG AND FOOD STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHERYL MESHKE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAKE HAMLIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • DON WICK

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • GREG HOWARD

    TREASURER (THROUGH JULY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • BETH SPARBOE SCHNELL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MIKE BERTHOUD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • CHRISTOPHER COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MARK DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • JEFF GREV

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH MAY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • BLAKE HOLDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • PATRICK LUNEMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • PETER MILLER

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH MAY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • HILLARY MYERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • HOWARD OLSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • ROBERT ORSTEN

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH JULY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • STEVE PETERSON

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH FEB)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • ALAN POFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • JIM ROBERGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • TOM ROSEN

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH FEB)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • KURT WICKSTROM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MATT WOHLMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MICHAEL YOST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • TOM RABAEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • GERAINT POWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • JAIME GOEHNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • CHUCK TRYON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • TAMARA NELSEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THROUGH JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $79,944
    From this org
    $74,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,438
    Hours/week
    40

  • DARIN BROTON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $88,153
    From this org
    $84,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,534
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • AG FOOD ALLIANCE IEPC

    527 · INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES · MN

    Directly controlled by MINNESOTA AGRIGROWTH COUNCIL

  • MINNESOTA AGPAC

    527 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS · MN

    Directly controlled by MINNESOTA AGRIGROWTH COUNCIL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542979349301524

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