Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,692,943

Total expenses

$966,824

Contributions and grants received

$2,553,981

Grants paid

$138,604

Program service revenue

$20,624

Investment income

$67,014

Other revenue

$51,324

Total assets, end of year

$8,343,009

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,415,866

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,927,143

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$915,327

Management and general expenses

$51,497

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$915,327

Program services were 94.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION (MFU) FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN 1958, ADVANCES THE MISSION OF MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION BY PROMOTING EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE-RESILIENT FARMING, AND LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM STRENGTH. THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT SPANS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, AND CLIMATE INNOVATION, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FARMERS, CONSUMERS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS MINNESOTA. THE FOUNDATION HAS EXPANDED AGRICULTURAL LITERACY AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND INITIATIVES LIKE MINNESOTA COOKS, WHICH CONNECTS LOCAL FARMERS AND CHEFS WHILE SHOWCASING MINNESOTA-GROWN FOOD IN ITS ANNUAL CALENDAR. TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, MFU CREATED THE MINNESOTA FOODSHED PLATFORM TO CONNECT PRODUCERS AND BUYERS AND PARTNERED WITH RIDGEWATER AND CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGES TO ESTABLISH MEAT CUTTING & BUTCHERY PROGRAMS. ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A USDA-INSPECTED REGIONAL MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY IN STAPLES, MN AIMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND KEEP MORE VALUE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. MFU'S CLIMATE & WORKING LANDS PROGRAM HELPS FARMERS ADAPT TO AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION. INITIATIVES INCLUDE A GREEN AMMONIA PILOT CONVERTING WIND ENERGY INTO LOW-CARBON FERTILIZER, THE CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING FARMER-LED CLIMATE INITIATIVES, AND THE MINNESOTA WORKING GROUP FOR CLIMATE-SMART COMMODITIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES PRACTICAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE FARMERS' GUIDES TO CARBON MARKETS AND SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY, AND PARTNERS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND AGENCIES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. FOR OVER EIGHT DECADES, MFU'S LEADERSHIP CAMP PROGRAM HAS EMPOWERED YOUTH AGES 8-18 WITH COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND AGRICULTURAL AWARENESS, PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS. ACROSS ALL ITS INITIATIVES-FROM EDUCATION AND PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CLIMATE ACTION-THE MFU FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO BUILD A FAIRER, MORE RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY THAT EMPOWERS FARMERS, ENGAGES YOUTH, AND SUSTAINS MINNESOTA'S RURAL COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $915,327 · Grants $138,604 · Revenue $68,855

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• GET BENTZ FARM & SALT OF THE NORTH

  $30,000

  CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE

• EAST CENTRAL LIVESTOCK

  $30,000

  CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE

• SUMMER KITCHEN COOPERATIVE

  $30,000

  CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE

• ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

  $20,000

  ANTITRUST FELLOWSHIP

• FARMERS' LEGAL ACTION GROUP

  $15,000

  ANTITRUST FELLOWSHIP

• VARIOUS 5000 EACH

  $13,604

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.

• MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION

  C5 · MEMBERSHIP · MN

• GREEN VIEW INC

  C3 · GOVT CONTR · MN

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

29 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202503159349302265

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