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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$658,683
Total expenses
$517,292
Contributions and grants received
$267,801
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$97,435
Investment income
$273,801
Other revenue
$19,646
Total assets, end of year
$6,467,962
Total liabilities, end of year
$364,892
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,103,070
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$510,216
Management and general expenses
$7,076
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$510,216

Program services were 98.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $267,801

  • 2a · Program service revenue

    total $97,435 · related or exempt $97,435

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $203,314 · related or exempt $203,314

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $70,487

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $70,487

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,487 · related or exempt $70,487

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,832

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,943

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,889 · excluded -$150

  • 11a · Other revenue: LOGO LICENSING

    total $14,757 · related or exempt $14,757

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,757

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,520 · program services $4,520

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $780 · program services $780

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,705 · management and general $5,705

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $473,090 · program services $473,090

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,899 · program services $21,899

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,502 · program services $2,502

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,308 · management and general $1,308

  • 24a · Other expenses: UNAPPLIED CASH BILL PMT

    total $2,739 · program services $2,739

  • 24b · Other expenses: BPS/BPSF FUNDS EXP

    total $2,531 · program services $2,531

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $879 · program services $879

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECTORS FUND

    total $698 · program services $698

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $641 · program services $578 · management and general $63

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $620,369 · end of year $705,051

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

    $5,250

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

    $5,250

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,298,565 · end of year $5,757,444

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $5,467 · end of year $5,467

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,010 · end of year $7,625

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $284,013 · end of year $357,267

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,589,378 · end of year $6,103,070

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SUPPORTING FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH THE SPONSORING OF VARIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THE OFFERING OF MINI-GRANTS TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS.

  • THE PROVIDING OF OVER 15 MINI-GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS TO EDUCATORS AND SCHOOLS OF THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE MINI-GRANTS ARE USED TO SUPPORT NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND/OR TEACHING METHODS FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. PROVIDING A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO ALL PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND DONORS OF THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEIR ALUMNI.

    Expenses $505,696

  • PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS OF THE BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ASSIST THEM IN FURTHERING THEIR ACADEMIC EDUCATION.

  • SALARIES, TAXES AND BENEFITS PAID THROUGH A RELATED ORGANIZATION

    Expenses $4,520

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID AUGUSTADT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TOMI CIMAROSTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BETSY ELSBERRY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DREW ENGELMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JEFF FASTNACHT

    SUPERINTENDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MEGAN HAUN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STACEY LANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TAHLIA NYGAARD

    FOUNDATION D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHAD OBAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMANDA PETERSON

    VOTING MEMBE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICK GELOFF

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAN STANKIEWICZ

    VICE PRESIDE

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522979349302302

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