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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILLISTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,534,340
Total expenses
$1,429,912
Contributions and grants received
$4,367
Grants paid
$323,834
Program service revenue
$883,790
Investment income
$18,534
Other revenue
$627,649
Total assets, end of year
$1,817,815
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,109
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,771,706
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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,367

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Lodging Tax

    total $693,722 · related or exempt $693,722

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Sport & Rec Show

    total $37,433 · related or exempt $37,433

  • 2c · Program service revenue: NSC Management Fee Income

    total $25,000 · related or exempt $25,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $127,635 · related or exempt $127,635

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,534 · excluded $18,534

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $12,089,500

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $11,467,004

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $622,496 · excluded $622,496

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $35,997

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $30,844

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,153 · unrelated business $5,153

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $323,834

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,750

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $195,219

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,172

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,029

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $150,735

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,169

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,716

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,652

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,212

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,610

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,891

  • 24a · Other expenses: Events

    total $365,692

  • 24b · Other expenses: Refunds & Reimbursement

    total $12,044

  • 24c · Other expenses: North Star Loss

    total $8,664

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $7,712

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,811

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $762,007 · end of year $707,776

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $577,218 · end of year $736,984

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $8,163 · end of year $8,163

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,461 · end of year $2,461

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

    $733,561

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

    $549,160

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $207,948 · end of year $184,401

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $116,019 · end of year $132,356

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $41,768 · end of year $45,674

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,384 · end of year $43,364

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $8,922 · end of year $2,745

  • 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 $1,667,278 · end of year $1,771,706

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To improve the quality of life in Williston by providing and developing Williston as a destination for business and leisure travel, group tours and conventions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To develop, promote and support events for the advancement of tourism.

  • The Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is a non-profit organization that was formed to develop and promote the booking of conventions, trade shows and like meetings, athletic and sporting events, bus and motor coach stops, and sales and promotional events in Williston, North Dakota, and Northwest North Dakota.The CVB continues toward the recognition of the national importance and historic significance of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Fort Buford Army Post State Historic Site and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center. The eventual goal will be to complete the restoration of the historic sites.The Williston CVB hosts the following annual events: Williston Sports & Recreation Show, Band Day, North Dakota Chokecherry Festival and the Spring Lake Park Holiday Drive.

  • North Star Caviar is a joint venture with the Friends of Fort Union Trading Post, in which the CVB is involved in the harvesting and sale of paddlfish roe on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in western North Dakota.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Howard Klug

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Ogden

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Van Winsen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Debbie Richter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Larry Grondahl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brad Peterson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alexandra Crateur

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brandy Heller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lindsey Harriman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kelly Ellingson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Travis Lisenbee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gina Carpenter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Yvette Bachmeier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Amy Krueger

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $120,750
    From this org
    $120,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
21 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542129349301804

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