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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MINNESOTA TURKEY RESEARCH AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$752,754
Total expenses
$798,627
Contributions and grants received
$28,013
Grants paid
$131,391
Program service revenue
$686,800
Investment income
$37,941
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,207,599
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,064
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,143,535
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,013

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TURKEY CHECKOFF ASSESSMENTS

    total $686,800 · related or exempt $686,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,941 · excluded $37,941

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $83,091

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $48,300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,636

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,006

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,703

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,550

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,846

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,122

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $212,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,849

  • 24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL TURKEY FED QUOTA

    total $365,715

  • 24b · Other expenses: MN STATE FAIR

    total $14,809

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $159,409 · end of year $104,276

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $987,587 · end of year $1,004,866

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $102,107 · end of year $96,153

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $622 · end of year $669

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

    $39,190

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

    $37,555

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,484 · end of year $1,635

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $63,801 · end of year $64,064

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,189,408 · end of year $1,140,535

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $3,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKET DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS TO AID, ASSIST, AND ENHANCE THE TURKEY INDUSTRY IN MINNESOTA AND IOWA AND TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF TURKEY PRODUCTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MINNESOTA TURKEY RESEARCH AND PROMOTION COUNCIL (MTRPC) DISCOVERS AND SHARES HEALTHY PRACTICES FOR ITS MEMBERS AND CONSUMERS BY ADVANCING STRONG RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

  • STIMULATING, INCREASING, AND IMPROVING THE MARKETING OF THE TURKEYS THROUGH PROMOTIONAL AVENUES: DIRECT ADVERTISING IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES AND ON RADIO AND TELEVISION; PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRESS RELEASES; PROMOTING COOPERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSIST IN DEVELOPING NEW MARKETS AND REDUCING COSTS OF MARKETING TURKEYS; PARTICIPATING IN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS FEATURING TURKEYS AND TURKEY PRODUCTS; PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND PROMOTING CONTESTS THAT PROVIDE PUBLICITY FOR FOOD; AND PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLETS, BOOKLETS, FILMS, AND OTHER ADVERTISING MATERIALS THAT RELATE TO USES OF TURKEY, INCLUDING RECIPES WHICH USE TURKEYS AND TURKEY PRODUCTS.

  • RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND MARKETING OF TURKEYS BY SURVEYS, EXAMINATIONS, TESTS, STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP NEW TURKEY PRODUCTS; INCREASE CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF TURKEYS; EXPAND MARKETS FOR TURKEYS AND NEW TURKEY PRODUCTS; IMPROVE CONDITIONS THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND MARKETING OF TURKEYS; AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TURKEY INDUSTRIES CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. A TOTAL OF THREE PROJECTS WERE PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY RELATED TO: 1) POTENTIATING HOST GUT MACHINERY TO REDUCE SALMONELLA IN TURKEYS USING VACCINATION AND PROBIOTICS; 2) AGE SUSEPTIBILITY AND LATERAL TRANSMISSION OF TURKEY ARTHRITIS REOVIRUS; AND 3) USING GENOMICS PLUS SIMPLE LABORATORY SCREENS TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF SALMONELLA IN TURKEY PRODUCTION. THE COST OF THESE THREE RESEARCH PROJECTS TOTALED 67,806. IN ADDITION,RESEARCH RELATED SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY THE MINNESOTA TURKEY GROWERS ASSOCIATION TOTALING 9681.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ashley Kohls

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $112,394
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $106,484
    Other
    $5,910
    Hours/week
    20 + 40 related
  • Mike Barber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Butch Brey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Peter Gruhl

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jon Klaphake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pete Klaphake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Miller

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Schaefbauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharlene Wittenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

  • REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MN

    $73,783

    SEE NOTE PART IV

  • BLUE HOUSE VETERINARY LLC

    $9,308

    SEE NOTE PART IV

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
5 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533459349301223

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