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← FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,024,145
Total expenses
$10,004,624
Contributions and grants received
$16,486,476
Grants paid
$7,415,996
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,357,759
Other revenue
$179,910
Total assets, end of year
$150,829,199
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,110,780
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$148,718,419
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,198,035
Management and general expenses
$649,047
Fundraising expenses
$157,542
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,198,035

Program services were 91.9% 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

    $16,486,476

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $13,028,666

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,093,819 · excluded $4,093,819

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $179,905 · excluded $179,905

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $48,809,128

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

    securities $41,545,188

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,263,940

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,263,940 · excluded $7,263,940

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5 · excluded $5

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,090,140 · program services $7,090,140

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $325,856 · program services $325,856

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $380,530 · program services $87,142 · management and general $264,321 · fundraising $29,067

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $319,196 · program services $73,096 · management and general $221,718 · fundraising $24,382

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,293 · program services $3,044 · management and general $9,234 · fundraising $1,015

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,461 · program services $13,159 · management and general $39,913 · fundraising $4,389

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,973 · program services $10,299 · management and general $31,239 · fundraising $3,435

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,183 · management and general $2,183

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,344 · program services $27,908 · management and general $17,436

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $718,393 · program services $718,393

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $85,320 · program services $32,290 · management and general $2,268 · fundraising $50,762

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,070 · program services $61,340 · management and general $18,730

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $77,125 · program services $57,844 · management and general $19,281

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,745 · program services $3,559 · management and general $1,186

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,476 · program services $21,238 · management and general $10,619 · fundraising $10,619

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $34,603 · program services $25,952 · management and general $8,651

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,015 · program services $6,761 · management and general $2,254

  • 24a · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP EXPE

    total $637,159 · program services $637,159

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVEOPMENT

    total $33,873 · fundraising $33,873

  • 24c · Other expenses: NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES

    total $2,855 · program services $2,855

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $14 · management and general $14

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $240 · end of year $120,020

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,446,201 · end of year $9,417,004

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,865,485 · end of year $704,521

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,969 · end of year $48,054

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

    $910,958

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

    $506,313

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $439,248 · end of year $404,645

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $112,537,163 · end of year $138,270,739

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $702,313 · end of year $725,446

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,615,398 · end of year $1,138,770

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $27,346 · end of year $147,549

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $21,905 · end of year $12,529

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,024,228 · end of year $1,950,702

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $557,634 · end of year $463,928

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $124,012,904 · end of year $148,254,491

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE HELP DONORS MAXIMIZE THEIR PHILANTHROPY TO CREATE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE.

  • THE FOUNDATION IS A COMMUNITY TRUST THAT ADMINISTERS 551 CHARITABLE FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE CREATED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. GRANTS WERE AWARDED IN PROGRAMS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: COMMUNITY BUILDING - 15.1%; BASIC HUMAN NEEDS - 9.5%; ART - 10.7%; EDUCATION - 21.5%; YOUTH - 7.8%; RELIGION - 13.0%; HEALTH & WELLNESS - 10.0%; ANIMAL WELFARE - 2.3%; OTHER - 3.0%; DISASTER RELIEF - 7.1%. THESE GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS WERE MADE POSSIBLE FROM THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF FUNDS: DONOR ADVISED - 53%, DESIGNATED - 24.5%, FIELD OF INTEREST - 6%, AGENCY - 1.1%, SCHOLARSHIP - 10%, AND UNRESTRICTED - 5.4%.

    Expenses $9,198,035 · Grants $7,415,996

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katrina Turman-Lang

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gary Nolte

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Stern

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Hayer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • April Walker

    FORMER IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR (THROUGH APRIL)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sandy Korbel

    TRUSTEE REPRESENTATIVE (NO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Leiseth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sher Thomsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toni Sandin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Barlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Old National

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Heartland Trust

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Alerus

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Us Bank

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bmo

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Wells Fargo

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bell Bank

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Eric Wilkie

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $232,776
    From this org
    $198,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,440
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,336
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,440
    Filer's total
    $232,776
  • Patricia Mastel

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $147,764
    From this org
    $129,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,525
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • PANCRATZ FAMILY FOUNDATION

    501(C)3 · TO SUPPORT AND BENEFIT THE MISSION OF THE FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION · ND

  • WILLIAM C AND JANE B MARCIL FAMILY FOUNDATION

    501(C)3 · TO SUPPORT AND BENEFIT THE MISSION OF THE FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION · ND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
28 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632459349300323

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