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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$28,013
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2a · Program service revenue: TURKEY CHECKOFF ASSESSMENTS
total $686,800 · related or exempt $686,800
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3 · Investment income
total $37,941 · excluded $37,941
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $83,091
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $48,300
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,636
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,006
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $36,703
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,550
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17 · Travel
total $4,846
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,122
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $212,000
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,849
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24a · Other expenses: NATIONAL TURKEY FED QUOTA
total $365,715
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24b · Other expenses: MN STATE FAIR
total $14,809
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $159,409 · end of year $104,276
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $987,587 · end of year $1,004,866
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $102,107 · end of year $96,153
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $622 · end of year $669
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$39,190
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$37,555
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,484 · end of year $1,635
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $63,801 · end of year $64,064
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,189,408 · end of year $1,140,535
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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.
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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.
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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
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Ashley KohlsASHLEY KOHLS
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $112,394
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $106,484
- Other
- $5,910
- Hours/week
- 20 + 40 related
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Mike BarberMIKE BARBER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Butch BreyBUTCH BREY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Peter GruhlPETER GRUHL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Jon KlaphakeJON KLAPHAKE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pete KlaphakePETE KLAPHAKE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim MillerTIM MILLER
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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John PetersonJOHN PETERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Katherine SchaefbauerKATHERINE SCHAEFBAUER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sharlene WittenburgSHARLENE 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
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REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MN
$73,783
SEE NOTE PART IV
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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.
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6 · MEMBER ACT · MN
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202533459349301223
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