Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025
Filed by FRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $111,568
- Total expenses
- $35,982
- Contributions and grants received
- $103,495
- Grants paid
- $5,930
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $1,881
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $6,192
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $186,846
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $186,846
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $391,830
Program services were 1089.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
Financially supporting the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge with funds and volunteers to help educate the public on the work of the refuge and assist with educational programs.
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Provided funding for the design and construction of a 100 seat handicap accessible amphitheater. This included the design engineering excavation construction and finishing work. The amphitheater was built in coordination with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and per all federal specifications.The amphitheater will be used for the education of elementary age students who visit the refuge annually along with other opportunities as appropriate.
Expenses $333,360
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Event expenses related to the Friends membership to include donation recognition wildlife festival participation and celebrations related to the amphitheater construction.
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Educational support: This includes helping to fund transportation for school children to the refuge for classes; supporting groups qualified as DEI candidates; and funding a naturalist contractor for class development.
Expenses $58,470
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Carol Mertesdorf
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Bruce Galer
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Roger Leider
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Emy MinzelEMY MINZEL
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Leah Bronken
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Steve Chesney
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Matt Finn
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jenifer Hamilton
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Helle Lukk
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Cheryl Pagel
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Tanya Piatz
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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BearPaw Shields
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $5
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $5
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Stephanie Tatum
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Chad Young
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Bret Soeder
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 14 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202611049349200206
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