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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COUNTRY FIRST FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$177,886
Total expenses
$682,892
Contributions and grants received
$177,879
Grants paid
$579,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$640,997
Management and general expenses
$41,895
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$640,997

Program services were 93.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $177,879

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7 · excluded $7

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $579,500 · program services $579,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $17,500 · program services $14,000 · management and general $3,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,237 · management and general $26,237

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,870 · program services $29,495 · management and general $7,375

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,503 · program services $18,002 · management and general $4,501

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $282 · management and general $282

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $320,601 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $207,519 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,114

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $505,006 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AT COUNTRY FIRST FOUNDATION WE PURSUE A PATH TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON IMPORTANT CIVIC AND POLICY ISSUES. COUNTRY FIRST FOUNDATION STRIVES TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS THAT ARE WORKING ON PROVEN SOLUTIONS THAT EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES FROM THE BOTTOM-UP. FOR TOO LONG, MANY HAVE LOOKED TO WASHINGTON, DC TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS FACING RURAL, EXURBAN, SUBURBAN, AND URBAN AMERICA. REAL CHANGE OFTEN TAKES PLACE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. COUNTRY FIRST FOUNDATION WILL WORK TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ON STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND LOOK TO INVEST IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEEK TO IMPLEMENT PROVEN SOLUTIONS WITH A LASTING IMPACT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

  • NATIONAL DEMOCRACY SCHOLARS, WHICH ENGAGES WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO CREATE PEER EDUCATORS AND SOCIAL INFLUENCERS FOR ISSUES THAT WILL STRENGTHEN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

  • DASH FOR DEMOCRACY, A WEEKLONG NON-PARTISAN CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY HELD IN LINE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY (SEPTEMBER 15TH), THAT WE HOLD BETWEEN THE COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11TH AND CONSTITUTION DAY (9/17). THE WEEK IS FILLED WITH EDUCATIONAL, ATHLETIC, ARTISTIC, AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $640,997 · Grants $579,500

  • MUTE THE MAYHEM. A NON-PARTISAN CITIZEN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT SPEAKS TO THE ELECTORATE'S DISGUST WITH CONSTANT POLITICAL ATTACK ADS, AND INTRODUCES ELECTION REFORMS (SUCH AS OPEN PRIMARIES, RANKED-CHOICE VOTING, FINAL 4/FINAL 5 VOTING ETC.) AS A VIABLE SOLUTION TO THIS STRESSOR.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARIO CASTILLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ADAM KINZINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GREG RIDENOUR

    EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $17,500
    From this org
    $17,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

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.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503029349301360

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