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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NEBRASKA APPLESEED ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$536,257
Total expenses
$490,002
Contributions and grants received
$535,570
Grants paid
$45,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$687
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$339,672
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$339,672
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$463,568
Management and general expenses
$21,369
Fundraising expenses
$5,065
Program service expenses (Part III)
$463,568

Program services were 94.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $200,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $335,570

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $687 · related or exempt $687 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $45,500 · program services $45,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $42,935 · program services $31,607 · management and general $9,653 · fundraising $1,675

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $124,289 · program services $122,014 · management and general $2,275

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,806 · program services $38,405 · management and general $2,982 · fundraising $419

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,792 · program services $11,752 · management and general $912 · fundraising $128

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $428 · management and general $428

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $171,103 · program services $171,103

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,008 · program services $740 · management and general $826 · fundraising $442

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,601 · program services $1,668 · management and general $1,930 · fundraising $3

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,352 · program services $18,696 · management and general $1,452 · fundraising $204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,560 · program services $726 · management and general $795 · fundraising $39

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,345 · program services $1,236 · management and general $96 · fundraising $13

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $2,283 · program services $121 · management and general $20 · fundraising $2,142

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $293,417 · end of year $339,672

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $293,417 · end of year $339,672

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Ensure every Nebraskans' voice is heard in public decision making processes, whether that is in the halls of legislative bodies or at the ballot box.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund ensures every Nebraskans' voice is heard in public decision making processes, whether that is in the halls of legislative bodies or at the ballot box.

  • In 2025 we worked to support passed initiatives on paid sick leave and minimum wage. For both projects, we helped build a coalition, supported leaders with lived experience, and worked to advocate for support in the state legislature. We also joined with other Nebraska organizations to explore and then support a new ballot initiative campaign to protect the ballot initiative process from legislative overreach.

    Expenses $463,568 · Grants $44,500

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Gould

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $162,280
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $141,013
    Other
    $21,267
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $141,013 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,267 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $162,280 related

  • Nic Swiercek

    Development & Engagement Sr. Director

    Total calculated
    $132,579
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $117,182
    Other
    $15,397
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Kristine Hull

    Administration Sr. Director

    Total calculated
    $129,213
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $113,881
    Other
    $15,332
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Omaid Zabih

    Strategies Sr. Director

    Total calculated
    $121,268
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $116,604
    Other
    $4,664
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

  • Wanda Gottschalk

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Funk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Moody

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Zieg

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lucia Pedroza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen Monahan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Parsons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Christian-Sallis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
19 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202641709349301514

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