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← NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$198,163
Total expenses
$165,767
Contributions and grants received
$157,631
Grants paid
$164,931
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$12,427
Other revenue
$28,105
Total assets, end of year
$362,642
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$362,642
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$164,931
Management and general expenses
$836
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$164,931

Program services were 99.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $147,261

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,370

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,427 · excluded $12,427

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,764

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,705

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $22,059 · excluded $22,059

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $6,046 · excluded $6,046

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,046

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $164,931 · program services $164,931

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $157 · management and general $157

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $679 · management and general $679

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,826 · end of year $3,245

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $315,395 · end of year $359,397

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $329,221 · end of year $362,642

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE NDFU FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2000 TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FARMERS UNION'S RENOWNED YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT, SUSTAINABLE FUND FOR NDFU'S YOUTH PROGRAM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE RAISING THE BAR FOR THE ARTS PROJECT TO EXPAND THE FACILITY AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOUTH AND ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING YOUTH EDUCATION.RED RIVER CHDO. FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO RED RIVER COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE WALSH COUNTY CHILDCARE CENTER PROJECT IN GRAFTON, ND. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION PURPOSE TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, RESEARCH INITIATES TO ENHANCE RURAL LIFE, AND RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $10,744 · Grants $10,744

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED DSU HERITAGE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STUDIES RENOVATION PROJECT. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION PURPOSE TO PROVIDE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

    Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO ND FARMERS UNION TO CARRY OUT A YOUTH CAMPING PROGRAM AND DAY CLASSES. THIS CAMPING PROGRAM AND DAY CLASSES TEACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE FORM OF BUSINESS.

    Expenses $129,187 · Grants $129,187

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Vig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,425
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $22,425
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Jon Iverson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,806
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $20,806
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Mark Watne

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $597,298
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $586,948
    Other
    $10,350
    Hours/week
    1 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $586,948 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $597,298 related

  • Michelle Ziesch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $23,958
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $23,958
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Robert Finken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $26,812
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $26,812
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Robert Kuylen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $37,673
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $37,673
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Shane Sickler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $28,066
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,066
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Tyler Stafslien

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,975
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $13,975
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Wesley Niederman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $21,084
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $21,084
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610719349301861

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