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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PRAIRIE ROSE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INNOVATION AND EDU.

Totals

Total revenue
$618,165
Total expenses
$643,601
Contributions and grants received
$617,012
Grants paid
$29,165
Program service revenue
$471
Investment income
$682
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$336,008
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,308
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$326,700
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,038
Management and general expenses
$183,429
Fundraising expenses
$12,134
Program service expenses (Part III)
$448,038

Program services were 69.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $386,715

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $230,297

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $471 · related or exempt $471

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $682 · related or exempt $682

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $27,665 · program services $27,665

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $109,087 · program services $56,004 · management and general $41,040 · fundraising $12,043

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $174,055 · program services $143,850 · management and general $30,205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,043 · management and general $23,043

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,351 · management and general $1,351

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,705 · management and general $10,705

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $110,471 · program services $102,921 · management and general $7,550

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $348 · management and general $348

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,800 · program services $8,778 · management and general $5,022

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,520 · program services $5,175 · management and general $18,345

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,588 · program services $5,533 · management and general $10,055

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,361 · program services $1,412 · management and general $1,949

  • 20 · Interest

    total $381 · management and general $381

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,254 · program services $11,254

  • 24a · Other expenses: LOCAL FOOD PURCHASES

    total $66,758 · program services $66,758

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & EQUIP

    total $22,960 · management and general $22,960

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES & EQUIP

    total $13,720 · program services $13,720

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $9,009 · program services $2,828 · management and general $6,090 · fundraising $91

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,025 · program services $640 · management and general $4,385

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,920 · end of year $16,733

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $72,722 · end of year $209

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $87,096

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $150,298 · end of year $161,085

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

    $95,967

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

    $25,082

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $82,139 · end of year $70,885

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,943 · end of year $4,429

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $4,879

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $352,136 · end of year $326,700

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

UNITE COMPASSIONATE HEARTS AND SKILLS FROM MANY CULTURES FOR RESTORING HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMUNITY AND RESTORING HEALTH AND VITALITY TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THE EARTH.

  • NEW ROOTS FARM INCUBATOR: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR BEGINNING/EMERGING FARMERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO LAND, PRODUCT LIABILITY INSURANCE THROUGH AN UMBRELLA POLICY FOR THE FARM INCUBATOR, AND BUSINESS PLANNING AND TECHNICAL TRAINING TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS TO START A SMALL FARM ENTERPRISE. IN 2025, 25 ADULTS ENGAGED IN FARMER TRAINGING PROGRAMS AND FARM INCUBATION; 41 YOUTH ENGAGED IN FARM/GARDEN TRAINING PROGRAMS; 7 YOUTH WERE PART/FULL-TIME SUMMER FARM INTERNS; 2 ADULTS WERE FULL TIME SUMMER INTERNS.

    Expenses $162,546 · Grants $1,500 · Revenue $200

  • SMALL FARM FOLK SCHOOL: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FOLK EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. TRAINING CENTERS AROUND BIODYNAMIC FARMING AND GARDENING. IN 2025, THERE WERE THREE PROGRAMS. FIELD DAY HAD 40 PARTICIPANTS; FARM BUDS HAD 38 PARTICIPANTS; CONCORDIA COLLEGE VOLUNTEER DAY HAD 35 PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $118,491

  • MN DEPT OF AG LOCAL FOOD PURCHASE ASSISTANCE (MDA LFPA): THIS GRANT PROJECT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PURCHASING FOOD LEFT OVER AT THE END OF A FARMER'S MARKET, OR OTHER POINT OF SALE, FROM AN EMERGING FARMER IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF FARMING, TO INCLUDE WOMEN FARMERS, BIPOC, AND NATIVE AMERICANS. THE RECIPIENTS OF THESE PURCHASES ARE LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND AREA FOOD BANKS. IN 2025, AN ESTIMATED 5300 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED LOCALLY GROWN AND RAISED FOODS.

    Expenses $98,310

  • ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE HATCHING OUT FUND, MDA URBAN AGRICULTURE, RENEWING THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND YFE. IN 2025, THERE WERE 54 COMMUNITY GARDENING PLOTS WITH 233 FAMILY MEMBERS; 17 YOUTH STEWARDS; AND 10 COMMUNITY CONNECTORS/NON-PROFIT PARTNERS.

    Expenses $68,691 · Grants $27,665 · Revenue $271

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Verna Kragnes

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $65,887
    From this org
    $65,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36

  • Rick Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $43,200
    From this org
    $43,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36

  • Brandon Baity

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lemoine Lapointe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roberta Nelson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carlos Mariani Rosa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC

    $27,665

    MDA URBAN AGRI

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202641899349300834

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