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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLUESTEM COMMUNITIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$367,710
Total expenses
$22,929
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$367,710
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,207,500
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,207,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$22,929
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$0

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.

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $294,740 · excluded $294,740

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,303,509

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

    securities $2,230,539

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $72,970 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $72,970 · excluded $72,970

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $22,914 · management and general $22,914

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15 · management and general $15

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,477,617 · end of year $549,838

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,145,125 · end of year $3,827,175

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,155,004 · end of year $4,830,487

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,777,746 · end of year $9,207,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BLUESTEM COMMUNITIES' MISSION IS TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROMOTING LIFELONG WELLNESS, PURPOSE, CHOICE, GENUINE CONNECTION, AND PERSONALIZED CARE WITH CHRISTIAN COMPASSION.

  • PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS: KIDRON BETHEL RETIREMENT SERVICS, INC.; MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS AND CHARITIES OF KANSAS, INC. D/B/A SCHOWALTER VILLA; BLUESTEM PACE, INC.; KIDRON, INC.; AND BLUESTEM DEVELOPMENT, INC.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bob Nattier

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Joe Robb

    DIRECTOR/CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 1.7 related

  • Ron Flaming

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Sondra Leatherman

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Arlan Yoder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Becky Goss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Jen Person

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Larry Nikkel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Mark Landes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Ryan Entz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Sandie Kueker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Verda Deckert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • James Krehbiel

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $313,599
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $284,174
    Other
    $29,425
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $283,787 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $387 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,891 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,534 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $313,599 related

  • Jerol Schrag

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $191,853
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,119
    Other
    $33,734
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $158,119 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,331 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,403 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $191,853 related

  • Ryan Goering

    COO

    Total calculated
    $138,570
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,207
    Other
    $19,363
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO IS DETERMINED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF BLUESTEM COMMUNITIES, INC. THE SUBCOMMITTEE USES A COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, AND THE COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BLUESTEM COMMUNITIES.

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202543189349308304

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