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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$451,429
Total expenses
$237,063
Contributions and grants received
$373,117
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$22,269
Investment income
$38,485
Other revenue
$17,558
Total assets, end of year
$1,791,926
Total liabilities, end of year
$712
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,791,214
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$160,512
Management and general expenses
$69,507
Fundraising expenses
$7,044
Program service expenses (Part III)
$160,512

Program services were 67.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $13,740

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $131,571

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $227,806

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $11,789 · related or exempt $11,789

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM AND EDUCATION

    total $10,480 · related or exempt $10,480

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,760 · excluded $41,760

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $513,220 · other assets $8,896

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $525,391

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$12,171 · other assets $8,896

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,275 · related or exempt -$3,275

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $13,809

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $484

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $13,325 · excluded $13,325

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,641

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,408

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,233 · excluded $4,233

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $50,662 · program services $35,464 · management and general $10,132 · fundraising $5,066

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $94,705 · program services $61,882 · management and general $31,401 · fundraising $1,422

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,821 · program services $7,916 · management and general $3,377 · fundraising $528

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,273 · management and general $9,273

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,466 · program services $441 · management and general $1,025

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,665 · program services $2,665

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,198 · program services $3,646 · management and general $7,552

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,549 · management and general $3,549

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,528 · program services $2,295 · management and general $2,205 · fundraising $28

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $27,501 · program services $27,501

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING

    total $10,335 · program services $10,335

  • 24c · Other expenses: COUNTY APPROPRIATION - SE

    total $3,720 · program services $3,720

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $3,183 · program services $3,183

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,457 · program services $1,464 · management and general $993

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $45,388 · end of year $43,002

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $16,013 · end of year $14,814

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $969,473 · end of year $1,269,967

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $441,049 · end of year $464,143

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,698 · end of year $712

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,307,198 · end of year $1,632,367

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $158,027 · end of year $158,847

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PURPOSES OF THIS CORPORATION ARE TO DISCOVER AND MEMORIALIZE THE HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA; TO DISCOVER, PURCHASE, COMMISSION, OR OTHERWISE PROCURE, AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE PRESERVE WRITINGS, NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS AND THE LIKE, WHICH SHED LIGHT ON THE HISOTRY OF BROWN COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BROWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXISTS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND DISSEMINATE THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

  • PROMOTED GENEOLOGY, HISTORIC MARKERS, CEMETARY MARKERS, ASSISTED RESEARCH, VARIOUS PRESERVATION PROJECTS, CENTURY FARMS, ETC.

    Expenses $129,828 · Revenue $11,789

  • EDUCATION PROGRAM, COLLECTION ASSESSMENT

    Expenses $3,183 · Revenue $10,480

  • PROMOTE ACTIVITIES IN CONJUCTION WITH THE SLEEPY EYE CHAPTER AND VARIOUS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FUNDED BY GRANTS.

    Expenses $27,501

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Randy Krzmarzick

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Paul Pieschel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Larry Harbo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Saffert

    VICE-PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Beth Scharf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clay Schuldt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Johnson

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $101,324
    From this org
    $50,662
    From related orgs
    $50,662
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Roger Hippert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Schmid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joann Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Wing

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Romaine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Juni

    PRESIDENT

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202642259349301829

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