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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,928,557
Total expenses
$488,945
Contributions and grants received
$2,812,720
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$30,781
Investment income
$658
Other revenue
$84,398
Total assets, end of year
$3,921,155
Total liabilities, end of year
$264,093
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,657,062
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$465,326
Management and general expenses
$23,619
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$465,326

Program services were 95.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,264,723

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,547,997

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMP REGISTRATIONS

    total $24,038 · related or exempt $24,038

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MN COOKS

    total $6,743 · related or exempt $6,743

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $658 · excluded $658

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $37,865

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $37,865

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $37,865 · related or exempt $37,865

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $78,038

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $32,469

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $45,569 · excluded $45,569

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $964 · related or exempt $964

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $964

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,653 · program services $7,565 · management and general $5,088

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,994 · program services $9,494 · management and general $6,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $310,356 · program services $310,356

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $42,146 · program services $38,976 · management and general $2,951 · fundraising $219

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,725 · program services $19,625 · management and general $5,944 · fundraising $3,156

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,993 · program services $11,993

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,961 · program services $25,353 · management and general $1,608

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $28,792 · program services $28,418 · management and general $374

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,011 · program services $12,011

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $29,098 · management and general $4 · fundraising $29,094

  • 24b · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIPS

    total $2,685 · program services $1,535 · management and general $1,150

  • 24c · Other expenses: DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENS

    total -$32,469 · fundraising -$32,469

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $774,505 · end of year $1,267,837

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $88,317 · end of year $737,432

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

    $452,612

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

    $102,691

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $354,757 · end of year $349,921

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $1,565,965

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $129 · end of year $7,137

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $256,956

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,075,726 · end of year $2,948,879

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $141,724 · end of year $708,183

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY OF FARMING AND THE ROLE OF FARM COOPERATIVES IN HELPING SOLVE PAST AND CURRENT ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY OF FARMING AND THE ROLE OF FARM COOPERATIVES IN HELPING SOLVE PAST AND CURRENT ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE.

  • EDUCATED THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY OF FARM COOPERATIVES. WE STRIVED TO DO THIS THROUGH PUBLISHED AND PRINTED MATERIALS, OFFERING VARIOUS EDUCATION SEMINARS AND STAFFING BOOTHS AT VARIOUS FAIRS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THIS WAS PRIMARILY DONE BY PROVIDING SUMMER CAMPS FOR YOUTH DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE HISTORY OF FARMING AND THE ROLE FARM COOPERATIVES PLAY IN AGRICULTURE; HOSTING SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ON CURRENT ISSUES FACING AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES, AND BY PUBLISHING A MN COOKS CALENDAR THAT HIGHLIGHTED AGRICULTURE IN MINNESOTA AND PROVIDED RECIPES FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS USING MINNESOTA GROWN PRODUCTS.

    Expenses $465,326 · Revenue $68,646

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Wertish

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Anne Schwagerl

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Melissa Roach

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Tedd Winter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Carol Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Linda Larson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Steve Linder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Josh Vauderpol

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MN FARMERS UNION SERVICE CORP

    C CORP · INSURANCE · MN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333109349303053

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