Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,287,413

Total expenses

$731,744

Contributions and grants received

$1,276,514

Grants paid

$12,992

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$2,957

Other revenue

$7,942

Total assets, end of year

$1,430,717

Total liabilities, end of year

$46,722

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,383,995

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$506,308

Management and general expenses

$192,753

Fundraising expenses

$32,683

Program service expenses (Part III)

$506,308

Program services were 69.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CURE'S ENERGY DEMOCRACY PROGRAM IS UNIQUELY FOCUSED ON STRATEGIES TO IMPACT CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DECISIONS AFFECTING RURAL RESIDENTS. ENERGY DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT BUILDING POWER TO ADDRESS LINKAGES BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, INEQUITIES, AND OTHER SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES FACING OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT ENERGY DEMOCRACY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OPS. ONE IN THREE MINNESOTANS GETS THEIR ELECTRICITY FROM A RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OP (REC). RECS ARE DEMOCRATICALLY OWNED AND OPERATED UTILITIES THAT WERE CREATED DURING THE NEW DEAL TO ELECTRIFY RURAL AMERICA. HOWEVER, THE OPERATIONS OF MINNESOTA'S RECS TODAY LACK TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. CURE IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE REC REFORM MOVEMENT. IN SERVICE TO ALIGNING THE PRIORITIES OF MINNESOTA'S REC'S TO THEIR COOPERATIVE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, CURE HAS ORGANIZED MEMBER-OWNERS TO CHANGE REC PRIORITIES: GROW TRANSPARENCY IN REC GOVERNANCE, BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER, AND FIGHT AGAINST THE REC'S RELIANCE ON DIRTY ELECTRICITY FROM COAL INSTEAD TRANSITIONING THEIR ELECTRICITY GENERATION TO RENEWABLE, COMMUNITY-BASED ENERGY SOURCES THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEIR MEMBER-OWNERS AND BE A SOURCE OF RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH. CURE'S ENERGY DEMOCRACY PROGRAM IS HELPING DELIVER CLEAN ELECTRICITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE TO RURAL COMMUNITIES AND POSITIVE CLIMATE AND ENERGY IMPACTS TO ALL MINNESOTANS. ENERGY DEMOCRACY IS: CLEAN - ENERGY PRODUCED WITHOUT THE RELEASE OF GREENHOUSE GASES, FOR EXAMPLE, WIND AND SOLAR POWER. LOCAL - ENERGY PRODUCED AND OWNED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND BY OUR NEIGHBORS. DEMOCRATIC - COMMUNITY HAVING A VOICE AND POWER IN THE DECISION-MAKING ABOUT OUR ENERGY FUTURE.

  Expenses $430,921 · Grants $12,992

• CURE'S RURAL DEMOCRACY PROJECT IS HELPING PEOPLE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BUILD INDEPENDENT POLITICAL POWER WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON ELECTORAL POLITICS. STARTING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS WHERE REAL CHANGE WILL TAKE ROOT; THIS WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE STATE AND NATION. PASSIONATE GROUPS OF PEOPLE MEETING IN CAFES, LIVING ROOMS, AND CHURCHES ACROSS MINNESOTA ARE WHERE CHANGE IS CULTIVATED. THIS IS THE NURSERY OF DEMOCRACY. CURE EMBRACES DEMOCRACY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO RURAL ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE WORK WITH PEOPLE ACROSS MINNESOTA TO BUILD POWER TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFIT ALL WHO LIVE HERE.

  Expenses $56,708

• CURE BELIEVES THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AROUND WATER AND CLIMATE WILL ONLY BE MET IF WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF AN ENGAGED, NETWORKED, AND CAPABLE BASE OF GRASSROOTS CITIZEN ADVOCATES. WE KNOW THAT WATER IS PRECIOUS AND IS OFTEN EXPLOITED FOR PERSONAL GAIN. OUR GROUNDWATER AND OUR LAKES, RIVERS, AND WETLANDS ARE ALL UNDER THREAT. AT CURE, WE HAVE SYSTEM-MAPPED WATER ISSUES IN MINNESOTA. THIS COMPLEX ANALYSIS MADE CLEAR THAT THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE MEANINGFUL AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IS TO ADDRESS OPERATIONAL VALUES AND BEHAVIORS. CURE BELIEVES THE FUTURE OF OUR WATER AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES DEPENDS ON PROGRESSIVE POLICIES AND GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT. WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE THIS CHANGE IS WITH THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WATER ETHIC CHARTER (WEC). A WEC HELPS ENSURE THAT ETHICAL DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL MINNESOTANS-NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. GETTING PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH NATURE IS OFTEN OUR FIRST POINT FOR ENGAGEMENT. CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE IS A FUN WAY TO BRING LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE TOGETHER AND INTRODUCE THEM TO OUR ORGANIZATION. FOR EXAMPLE, CURE HAS PARTNERED WITH LAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT AND MINNESOTA STATE AGENCIES FOR THREE SUCCESSFUL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE BIOBLITZ EVENTS. PARTICIPANTS LEARNED ABOUT PLANTS, ANIMALS, GEOLOGY, AND LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT IMPACT OUR MOST ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEM.

  Expenses $18,679

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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