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← NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$507,249
Total expenses
$458,317
Contributions and grants received
$473,395
Grants paid
$457,874
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,612
Other revenue
$27,242
Total assets, end of year
$329,221
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$329,221
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$457,874
Management and general expenses
$443
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$457,874

Program services were 99.9% 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

    $450,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,395

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,612 · excluded $6,612

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $20,005

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,362

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,643 · excluded $18,643

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $8,599 · excluded $8,599

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,599

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $457,874 · program services $457,874

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $443 · management and general $443

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,506 · end of year $13,826

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $273,783 · end of year $315,395

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $280,289 · end of year $329,221

Mission and programs · 2023

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 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 $292,874 · Grants $292,874

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO THE NDSU FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SWINE RESEARCH FACILITY AND TO FURTHER THE MISSION.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $100,000

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO THE NORTHERN CROPS INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE NCI SUMMER AG ACADEMY, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS CONFERENCE, AND THE BIOFUELS INDUSTRY TOUR.

    Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR NDSU AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS RESEARCH.

    Expenses $15,000 · Grants $15,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Watne

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $632,864
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $622,964
    Other
    $9,900
    Hours/week
    1 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $622,964 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,900 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $632,864 related

  • Robert Kuylen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $41,645
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $41,645
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Shane Sickler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $20,275
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $20,275
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Benjamin Vig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $650
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $650
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Wesley Niederman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $16,796
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $16,796
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Tyler Stafslien

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,475
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $20,475
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Michelle Ziesch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $34,295
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $34,295
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Robert Finken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,500
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $18,500
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Jon Iverson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,144
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $22,144
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Ronda Throener

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $21,538
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $21,538
    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
2023
Filed
20 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520289349301537

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