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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,666,119
Total expenses
$1,737,777
Contributions and grants received
$1,413,366
Grants paid
$18,000
Program service revenue
$176,136
Investment income
$48,747
Other revenue
$27,870
Total assets, end of year
$1,005,438
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,005,438
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,705,775
Management and general expenses
$32,002
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,705,775

Program services were 98.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $155,065

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $218,941

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $480,678

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $558,682

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $13,225

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PLANTING FOR THE FUTUR

    total $100,596 · related or exempt $100,596

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATON

    total $75,540 · related or exempt $75,540

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,867 · excluded $47,867

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,290

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

    securities $7,410

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $880

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $880 · excluded $880

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $81,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $155,065

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $53,330

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $27,870 · excluded $27,870

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,000 · program services $18,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,806 · management and general $11,806

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,439 · management and general $4,439

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,924 · management and general $6,924

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $748 · management and general $748

  • 17 · Travel

    total $961 · management and general $961

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,485 · management and general $4,485

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,790 · program services $1,790

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $923 · management and general $923

  • 24a · Other expenses: ENERGY OF NORTH DAKOTA

    total $1,012,052 · program services $1,012,052

  • 24b · Other expenses: PLANTING FOR FUTURE/WIL

    total $634,603 · program services $634,603

  • 24c · Other expenses: ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY

    total $20,077 · program services $20,077

  • 24d · Other expenses: GIFTS/DONATIONS

    total $15,553 · program services $15,553

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,416 · program services $3,700 · management and general $1,716

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $160,397 · end of year $195,096

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

    $24,125

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

    $1,790

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $22,335

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $861,953 · end of year $736,007

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $32,000 · end of year $52,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,054,350 · end of year $1,005,438

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE QUALIFTY OF LIFE INITIATIVES, AND PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE CONSERVATION HERITAGE OF NORTH DAKOTA.

  • THE NDPF CONTINUED ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED HOSTING 40 TEACHERS FOR A TEACHER EDUCATION SEMINAR. THIS SEMINAR PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AND HOW PHYSICS, GEOLOGY, MATH, SCIENCE AND THE TRADES ARE USED. TEACHERS ALSO RECEIVE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS THAT THEY CAN TAKE BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. THE NDPF ALSO PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST "TOOL TRADES TORQUE TECH (T4) SUMMITS.THE NDPF'S OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDED HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MULE DEER FOUNDATION AND DREAM CENTER BISMARCK.

    Expenses $1,053,172 · Revenue $75,540

  • PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE: THROUGH ITS PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAM, THE NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM FOUNDATION PLANTED MORE THAN 150,000 TREES IN 2025 FOR CONSERVATION AND HABITAT. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED SINCE 2018 TO OVER 675,000 TREES ON OUR WAY TO REACH A GOAL PLANTING ONE MILLION TREES IN NORTH DAKOTA BY 2030.

    Expenses $634,603 · Revenue $100,596

  • SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING COURSES RELATED TO THE OIL INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $18,000 · Grants $18,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Herman

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Demorrett

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Steffes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zach Weis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Klossner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whitney Stephenson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Kelly

    BOARD MEMBER (LEFT 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacob Odermann

    VICE CHAIRMAN (STARTED 12/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Ness

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $404,382
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $337,655
    Other
    $66,727
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $337,655 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $46,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,227 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $404,382 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

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.

  • NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNCIL

    501(C)(6) · PROMOTE AND ENHANCE OIL AND GAS IN NORTH DAKOTA · ND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
21 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602039349300605

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