Totals
- Total revenue
- $116,623
- Total expenses
- $10,304
- Contributions and grants received
- $113,000
- Grants paid
- $3,000
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $3,623
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $179,845
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,900
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $176,945
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $10,134
Program services were 98.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
THE ORGANIZATION IS OPERATED FOR CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, WITH THE MISSION TO BE THE GATEWAY FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR RESOURCES TO EDUCATE, LAUNCH AND GROW TOMORROW'S AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD LEADERS, INNOVATORS, AND ENTREPRENEURS. GREENSEAM FUTURES' FOCUS IS TO FOSTER CREATIVE, MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION WITH THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, FOR ALL BENEFIT OF LOCAL STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
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FROM FFA TO BEGINNING FARMER LOANS, THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS INTERESTED IN AGRIBUSINESS AND TO AGRIBUSINESSES INTERESTED IN INNOVATION. ONE OF GREENSEAM FUTURES GOALS IS TO AVOID DUPLICATING RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE TO AREA STUDENTS, AG INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS, BUT ALSO TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY FIND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THE BEST FIT FOR THEIR NEEDS. THE GREENSEAM GATEWAY WILL LEVERAGE GREENSEAM FUTURES EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, AS WELL AS ITS CONNECTIONS WITH THE AGRIBUSINESS COMMUNITY, TO HELP MATCH INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE BEST RESOURCES FOR THEIR GROWTH. GREENSEAM FUTURES PLANS TO IMPLEMENT ITS WORK-BASED LEARNING SUPPORT PROGRAM AND THE GREENSEAM GATEWAY IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS. AT THE SAME TIME, GREENSEAM FUTURES WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ITS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PARTNERS TO DEFINE THE FIRST PUBLIC-BENEFIT RESEARCH PROJECT, IDENTIFY FACULTY AND STUDENTS TO CONDUCT THE RESEARCH, AND TO DEVISE A FRAMEWORK FOR CLASSROOM-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS. THE ORGANIZATIONS GOAL IS TO BE READY TO BEGIN RESEARCH PROJECTS FROM BOTH CATEGORIES IN GREENSEAM FUTURES SECOND YEAR OF OPERATIONS.
Expenses $4,764 · Grants $3,000
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WITH WATER BEING SUCH AN IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCE TO OUR REGION, YET THE QUALITY OF OUR LAKES SO POOR. THIS PROJECT BRINGS THE PRIVATE LAND OWNERS TOGETHER WITH FACULTY RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS TO STUDY THE WATER QUALITY OF ONE OF OUR LOCAL LAKES TO LAY OUT SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT OF CLEANER WATER.
Expenses $5,370
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Sam ZieglerSAM ZIEGLER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
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Gary KochGARY KOCH
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
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Matt DownsMATT DOWNS
TREASURER/SE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
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Aaron BudgeAARON BUDGE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
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Andrew HerrANDREW HERR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
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Tj BrownTJ BROWN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 0
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202502279349200445
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