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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DAIRY AND FOOD NUTRITION COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHEAST.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,181,325
Total expenses
$20,179,616
Contributions and grants received
$20,144,616
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,686
Other revenue
$23
Total assets, end of year
$2,885,277
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,026,940
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,858,337
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,864,989

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

    $20,144,616

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,686 · related or exempt $36,686

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $23 · related or exempt $23

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $23

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,370,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,704,323

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $170,765

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $249,149

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,347

  • 17 · Travel

    total $575,736

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $91,628

  • 24a · Other expenses: UDIA

    total $5,218,017

  • 24b · Other expenses: Industry Relations

    total $4,445,842

  • 24c · Other expenses: Health Promotions

    total $1,746,027

  • 24d · Other expenses: Business Development

    total $1,571,576

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,934,906

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $182,031 · end of year $454,285

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,417,069 · end of year $1,367,190

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $345,139 · end of year $87,405

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $152,331

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $137,415 · end of year $470,551

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

    $992,237

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

    $486,391

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $597,536 · end of year $505,846

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,974,893 · end of year $1,026,940

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,856,628 · end of year $1,858,337

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education activities

  • Dairy product programs providing innovation partnerships and industry relations and research such as food processing and nutrition research, workforce development, and stakeholder relations

    Expenses $3,317,603

  • Dairy product partnership and membership programs with UDIA providing unified promotion and marketing of dairy products

    Expenses $6,101,544

  • Dairy product partnership with UDIA to increase demand for dairy products (USDEC/DMIDARI/NW MILK)

    Expenses $4,445,842

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Kasper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Winfield Anderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chace Fullmer

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Lund

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Siska Reece

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Wiersma

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deb Easterday Reeves

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Gaalswyk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Korn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Buttars

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donnie De Vries

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Roberts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Seppi

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $115,545
    From this org
    $115,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eric Bastian

    VP IR&R

    Total calculated
    $289,038
    From this org
    $289,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $289,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $289,038

  • Tyler Fredericksen

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heidi Martin

    COO

    Total calculated
    $200,092
    From this org
    $200,092
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,092
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $200,092

  • Pamela Fry

    DOF

    Total calculated
    $148,735
    From this org
    $148,735
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cathy Knowlson

    VP Marketing

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shawna Hagerty

    DOO

    Total calculated
    $142,417
    From this org
    $142,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bryce Robert Chambers

    Management

    Total calculated
    $165,003
    From this org
    $165,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,003
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,003

  • Jaclyn Elaine St John

    Management

    Total calculated
    $120,232
    From this org
    $120,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Crystal Wilson

    Former VP ED&E

    Total calculated
    $216,192
    From this org
    $216,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $216,192

  • Melinda Kristine Wolfe

    Former Management

    Total calculated
    $110,703
    From this org
    $110,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,703
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $110,703

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202610989349301521

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