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← MONTANA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MONTANA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,905,091
Total expenses
$2,674,459
Contributions and grants received
$1,092,544
Grants paid
$22,000
Program service revenue
$132,856
Investment income
$89,282
Other revenue
$1,590,409
Total assets, end of year
$2,402,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$767,087
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,635,434
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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $960,947

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $131,597

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONVENTION REVENUE

    total $80,895 · related or exempt $80,895

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COMMITTEE & OTHER MEETINGS

    total $42,632 · related or exempt $42,632

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBER SERVICES

    total $9,329 · unrelated business $9,329

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,634 · excluded $37,634

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,542,181 · excluded $1,542,181

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $77,164 · other assets $81,700

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

    securities $48,713 · other assets $58,503

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $28,451 · other assets $23,197

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $51,648 · excluded $51,648

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,847

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,768

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $13,079 · excluded $13,079

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $22,830 · unrelated business $22,830

  • 11b · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS FROM COUNTIES

    total $12,319 · related or exempt $12,319

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $35,149

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $22,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $287,518

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $600,752

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,814

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $300,394

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,050

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,799

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,003

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60,656

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,133

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $105,445

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,845

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $282,577

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,919

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,222

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,056

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $169,767

  • 24b · Other expenses: MSFAG EXPENSES

    total $113,934

  • 24c · Other expenses: AFBF DUES

    total $97,560

  • 24d · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $86,554

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $230,461

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $364,946 · end of year $482,414

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $700,000 · end of year $600,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,150 · end of year $27,600

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $44,935 · end of year $76,959

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,268 · end of year $19,268

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,144 · end of year $21,417

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

    $227,876

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

    $56,605

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $117,293 · end of year $171,271

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $462,162 · end of year $188,159

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $748,056 · end of year $748,258

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $44,288 · end of year $67,175

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $182,927 · end of year $235,893

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $389,358 · end of year $392,217

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $9,304 · end of year $70,299

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $544,184 · end of year $68,678

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,410,989 · end of year $1,629,964

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,480 · end of year $5,470

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MONTANA FARM BUREAU IS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND IMPROVING THE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE INDUSTRIES THROUGH MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION, POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

  • PROVIDE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ON ISSUES AND PRACTICES AFFECTING THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY TO APPROXIMATELY 18,500 MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MONTANA.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cyndi Johnson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,700
    From this org
    $7,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Gary Heibertshausen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $900
    From this org
    $900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Beth Blevins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jm Peck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kris Descheemaeker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $600
    From this org
    $600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Casey Mott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,100
    From this org
    $1,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darcia Patten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,400
    From this org
    $1,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Nick Courville

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Steinbeisser Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wayne Stahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Bandel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $850
    From this org
    $850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Karl Christians

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $714
    From this org
    $714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Willis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $800
    From this org
    $800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carla Lawrence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Kulbeck

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $145,238
    From this org
    $111,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,956
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related
  • Diana Bailey

    EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/CFO

    Total calculated
    $137,821
    From this org
    $122,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,710
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related
  • John Youngberg

    FORM EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $120,761
    From this org
    $120,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $120,761
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $120,761

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD, THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, REVIEWS THE BUDGET WHICH CONTAINS THE WAGE FOR THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. THIS WAGE IS PROPOSED BY THE STAFF AS PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS. THE BOARD, WHO IS AWARE OF COMPARABLE WAGES WITHIN THE STATE, THEN ADJUSTS AND APPROVES THE WAGE WITH THE BUDGET AS THEY DETERMINE IS REASONABLE.

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 MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION DONATION IS TO SUPPORT THEIR MISSION TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THOSE RIGHTS ENSHRINED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THROUGH PRO BONO LITIGATION. THEY PROTECT INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, THE RIGHT TO OWN AND USE PROPERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE BENEFITS OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.

  • THE REAL MONTANA FOUNDATION DONATION IS A SPONSORSHIP TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK OF INFORMED AND ENGAGED LEADERS TO ADVANCE THE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE INDUSTRIES IN MONTANA.

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.

  • MONTANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. · MT · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MONTANA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531129349300003

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