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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NORTHLAND FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,684,631
Total expenses
$11,246,207
Contributions and grants received
$11,958,244
Grants paid
$6,009,974
Program service revenue
$300,963
Investment income
-$575,098
Other revenue
$522
Total assets, end of year
$115,113,281
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,926,035
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$110,187,246
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,651,987
Management and general expenses
$1,422,354
Fundraising expenses
$171,866
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,651,987

Program services were 85.8% 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)

    $6,210,948

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,747,296

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOAN PROGRAM INTEREST INCOME

    total $250,801 · related or exempt $250,801

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LOAN ORIGINATION FEES

    total $21,237 · related or exempt $21,237

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES

    total $14,515 · related or exempt $14,515

  • 2d · Program service revenue: LOAN PROGRAM OTHER INCOME

    total $14,410 · related or exempt $14,410

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,009,399 · excluded $2,009,399

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,740,672

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

    securities $18,325,169

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,584,497

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,584,497 · excluded -$2,584,497

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. REVENUE

    total $522 · excluded $522

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $522

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,596,076 · program services $3,596,076

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,413,898 · program services $2,413,898

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $385,663 · program services $223,502 · management and general $100,820 · fundraising $61,341

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,471,286 · program services $1,353,188 · management and general $66,691 · fundraising $51,407

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $67,183 · program services $59,605 · management and general $4,826 · fundraising $2,752

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $290,650 · program services $269,246 · management and general $11,914 · fundraising $9,490

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $126,267 · program services $107,752 · management and general $11,096 · fundraising $7,419

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,471 · program services $16,171 · management and general $2,300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $71,757 · program services $16,475 · management and general $55,282

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,833 · management and general $2,833

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $33,200 · fundraising $33,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $645,908 · management and general $645,908

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,450,057 · program services $1,329,602 · management and general $120,200 · fundraising $255

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $65,696 · program services $35,580 · management and general $29,903 · fundraising $213

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,674 · program services $48,253 · management and general $31,862 · fundraising $559

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $174,689 · program services $28,834 · management and general $145,644 · fundraising $211

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $64,059 · management and general $64,059

  • 17 · Travel

    total $80,151 · program services $46,902 · management and general $31,443 · fundraising $1,806

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $77,681 · program services $61,193 · management and general $15,553 · fundraising $935

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $58,383 · program services $13,045 · management and general $44,560 · fundraising $778

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38,124 · program services $3,682 · management and general $34,442

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $19,163 · program services $16,244 · management and general $1,419 · fundraising $1,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $14,338 · program services $12,739 · management and general $1,599

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,093,817 · end of year $13,045,208

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,290,210 · end of year $4,434,349

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,561 · end of year $29,069

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $4,136

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $5,024,470 · end of year $5,007,681

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,988 · end of year $40,028

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

    $380,510

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

    $292,140

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $126,776 · end of year $88,370

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $86,991,468 · end of year $86,447,689

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,318,980 · end of year $5,894,626

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $122,125

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,167,021 · end of year $834,073

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $827,300 · end of year $1,315,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $835,620 · end of year $2,654,837

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $122,125

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $106,718,596 · end of year $106,474,809

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,346,733 · end of year $3,712,437

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS THEY BELONG AND CAN THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TOWARD A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS THEY BELONG AND CAN THRIVE. THE FOUNDATION'S ADDRESSES ITS MISSION THROUGH GRANTS, LOANS, PROGRAMMING, AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES.

  • THE GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES TO TAX-EXEMPT NONPROFITS AND PUBLIC ENTITIES SUCH AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR 7-COUNTY REGION. OUR PRIORITY AREAS ARE: 1) CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES; 2) INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING; AND 3) MAADA'OOKIING, TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION ALSO ACTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY GRANTOR WHERE MISSION AND PRIORITIES ALIGN. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, NORTHLAND AWARDED 172 GRANTS TOTALING $3.7 MILLION AND DISTRIBUTED $2.3 MILLION IN MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE.

    Expenses $6,694,272 · Grants $6,009,974

  • THE KIDS PLUS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SINCE 1992. FROM BIRTH TO ADULTHOOD. KIDS PLUS PROVIDES: 1) EARLY CHILDHOOD EFFORTS ENCOMPASSING EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH, AND INCREASED ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE; 2) YOUTH PROGRAMS INCLUDING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPY ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING; AND 3) INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS CONNECTING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADULTS 55+. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, KIDS PLUS ENGAGED 1,697 PEOPLE IN 81 TRAININGS AND CONVENINGS, AND ITS PROGRAMS SERVED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ACROSS THE REGION.

    Expenses $1,614,992

  • THE BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FLEXIBLE FINANCING TO ASSIST WITH BUSINESS START-UP AND EXPANSION WITHIN OUR 7-COUNTY REGION, IN ORDER TO BOLSTER THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND PROMOTE JOB CREATION - CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THRIVING COMMUNITIES. FINANCING IS OFTEN IN THE FORM OF GAP LENDING MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BANKS OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT LENDERS. BORROWERS MAY BE FOR-PROFIT OR NONPROFIT ENTITIES. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, NORTHLAND CLOSED 14 LOANS TOTALING $2.1 MILLION WHICH HELPED CREATE LEVERAGE OF $9.4 MILLION IN OTHER INVESTMENTS. NORTHLAND FOUNDATION HOSTS THE REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC). THE SBDC'S MISSION IS TO "HELP ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES GROW AND SUCCEED" BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTING SERVICES TO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES AT NO COST TO THE CLIENT. THE REGIONAL CENTER IS LOCATED IN DULUTH; THERE ARE ALSO FIVE OTHER SATELLITE OFFICES SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. THE REGIONAL FOOTPRINT OF THE SBDC MATCHES THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION FOOTPRINT.

    Expenses $1,342,723 · Revenue $300,963

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Baabiitaw Boyd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sumair Sheikh

    TRUSTEE UNTIL SEPT. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roy Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jamie Adams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Ufford

    TRUSTEE UNTIL MAY 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Hall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter McDermott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cindy Anderson Bina

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Harrelson

    VICE CHAIR BEGINNING JAN. 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Shaye Moris

    VICE CHAIR UNTIL DECEMBER 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jason Hollinday

    PAST CHAIR UNTIL OCT. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angie Miller

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anthony Sertich

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $222,047
    From this org
    $186,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,089
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,266
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,692
    Deferred
    $11,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,672
    Filer's total
    $222,047

  • Heather Brouse

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $152,888
    From this org
    $122,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,323
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,789
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,776
    Deferred
    $2,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,473
    Filer's total
    $152,888

  • Zane Bail

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,117
    From this org
    $138,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,902
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,231
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,984
    Deferred
    $8,262
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,640
    Filer's total
    $162,117

  • Michael Colclough

    BUSINESS FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,227
    From this org
    $112,541
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,686
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,366
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,175
    Deferred
    $7,038
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,648
    Filer's total
    $150,227

  • Erik Torch

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,947
    From this org
    $100,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,519
    Hours/week
    45

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 · 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

  • CCREF 11 1ST AVE W LLC

    $199,000

    TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF MAIN STREET CORRIDORS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

  • POLAR CUBS CHILDCARE CENTER

    $175,000

    TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION AND INITIAL START-UP OF POLAR CUBS CHILDCARE CENTER.

  • LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION

    $150,000

    TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE DULUTH THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST FUND TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE FINANCING OPTIONS.

  • KOOCHICHING COUNTY FOOD ACCESS

    $150,000

    TO SUPPORT BORDERLAND COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER'S VISION WHICH AIMS TO MOVE THE UNHEALTHY AND UNJUST FOOD SYSTEM OF KOOCHICHING COUNTY ONTO A PATH OF SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY, AND REPAIR.

  • CARLTON COUNTY

    $150,000

    TO HELP SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SUSTAINABLE COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE THAT WILL IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR VICTIMS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND DISRUPT GENERATIONAL VIOLENCE.

  • FAMILY FREEDOM CENTER

    $100,000

    TO SUPPORT OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH IN DULUTH'S CENTRAL HILLSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

  • IDEA WAREHOUSE LLC 2

    $88,763

    TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF MAIN STREET CORRIDORS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

  • AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATION

    $75,000

    TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN THE GIMAAJII-MINO-BIMAADIZIMIN BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR AICHO.

  • ARROWHEAD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AGENCY

    $75,000

    TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF SHELTER AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE IRON RANGE.

  • RAINY LAKE HOUSEBOATS INC

    $70,000

    TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF MAIN STREET CORRIDORS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313549349300631

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