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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FARGO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,201,550
Total expenses
$1,995,770
Contributions and grants received
$147,403
Grants paid
$4,625
Program service revenue
$1,480,063
Investment income
$8,875
Other revenue
$565,209
Total assets, end of year
$4,642,053
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,289,513
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,352,540
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,641,027
Management and general expenses
$351,833
Fundraising expenses
$2,910
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,641,027

Program services were 82.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $147,403

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tournament Fees

    total $816,100 · related or exempt $816,100

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program Fees

    total $589,152 · related or exempt $589,152

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Hockey Clinics & Camps

    total $37,805 · related or exempt $37,805

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Ice Rental

    total $26,075 · related or exempt $26,075

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $10,931 · related or exempt $10,931

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,875 · excluded $8,875

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $137,457 · excluded $137,457

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $2,222,238

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,865,034

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $357,204 · excluded $357,204

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $79,214

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $8,666

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $70,548 · related or exempt $70,548

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,625 · program services $4,625

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $129,683 · program services $8,050 · management and general $121,633

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $294,677 · program services $112,901 · management and general $181,776

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,136 · program services $2,495 · management and general $2,641

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,010 · program services $1,153 · management and general $2,857

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,559 · program services $9,645 · management and general $23,914

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,775 · management and general $15,775

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $115,907 · program services $115,907

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,526 · program services $2,526

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,797 · program services $54,560 · management and general $3,237

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $105,431 · program services $105,431

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,787 · program services $29,787

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,619 · program services $29,619

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,966 · program services $9,966

  • 24a · Other expenses: Tournament

    total $652,764 · program services $652,764

  • 24b · Other expenses: Ice Rental

    total $225,647 · program services $225,647

  • 24c · Other expenses: Registration Fees

    total $135,730 · program services $135,730

  • 24d · Other expenses: Clothing

    total $30,841 · program services $30,841

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $112,290 · program services $109,380 · fundraising $2,910

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $160 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $812,215 · end of year $1,254,350

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,631 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,325 · end of year $24,421

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

    $1,580,825

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

    $1,330,317

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $280,127 · end of year $250,508

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,000,000 · end of year $3,000,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $112,774

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,698 · end of year $4,686

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $584,827

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,000,000 · end of year $2,700,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,146,760 · end of year $1,352,540

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Corporation's mission is to promote, develop and administer a youth hockey program.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Support and sponsor youth hockey teams and operate a youth ice arena in Fargo, North Dakota.

  • The organization sponsors youth hockey teams and operates a youth ice arena in Fargo, ND. This year there were 745 registered players and a total of 67 teams.The Organization entered into a Sponsorship Agreement on 10/4/2022 by and between the Park District of the City of Fargo. The Park District plans to build, own, operate and maintain a wellness sports complex currently named Fargo Sports Complex. As part of the agreement the Organization has agreed to pay the Park District of the City of Fargo $3 million dollars over 10 years to purchase donor recognition rights to the Sports Complex. In addition, the Organization has committed to entering a 25-year lease with the Park District for the rental of one sheet of ice at the Sports Complex. The lease will commence upon completion of the ice at the Sports Complex. A related liability of $3 million has been included on the balance sheet for the Organization's sponsorship committment. A lease liability will be recorded on the balance sheet upon completion of the ice at the Sports Complex. At 5/31/24, the ice at the Sports Complex was not complete yet.

    Expenses $976,485 · Grants $4,625 · Revenue $501,916

  • The organization hosted multiple regional tournaments and international youth hockey tournaments. There were 445 Teams participating in the regional and internation/nation tournaments.

    Expenses $664,542 · Revenue $1,048,695

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Thompson

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Travis Kurtz

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dan Ness

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Amy Kobrinsky

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jared Nyquist

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $250
    From this org
    $250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard Hell

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $6,250
    From this org
    $6,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Monte Fischer

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeffrey Nygaard

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $112,582
    From this org
    $109,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,279
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
8 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500999349301105

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