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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,387,243
Total expenses
$8,118,552
Contributions and grants received
$6,901,506
Grants paid
$228,417
Program service revenue
$205,786
Investment income
$279,951
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$14,405,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,815,179
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,590,027
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,984,858
Management and general expenses
$89,750
Fundraising expenses
$43,944
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,984,858

Program services were 98.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $317,534

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,343,031

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,240,941

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT

    total $205,786 · related or exempt $205,786

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $279,951 · excluded $279,951

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $214,417 · program services $214,417

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,000 · program services $14,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $455,246 · management and general $455,246

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,843,863 · program services $3,583,854 · management and general $177,719 · fundraising $82,290

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,172,888 · program services $1,057,950 · management and general $87,774 · fundraising $27,164

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $329,965 · program services $275,495 · management and general $48,250 · fundraising $6,220

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $108,403 · program services $71,645 · management and general $36,758

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $77,015 · program services $41,279 · management and general $35,736

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,710 · management and general $16,710

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $85,389 · program services $85,389

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $712,093 · program services $689,603 · management and general $14,260 · fundraising $8,230

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,925 · program services $21,214 · management and general $711

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $122,493 · program services $108,298 · management and general $4,864 · fundraising $9,331

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $202,874 · program services $187,050 · management and general $15,824

  • 17 · Travel

    total $253,770 · program services $244,981 · management and general $6,245 · fundraising $2,544

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $348,853 · program services $340,760 · management and general $8,093

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $49,455 · program services $31,954 · management and general $17,501

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS AND LICEN

    total $165,429 · program services $128,521 · management and general $32,785 · fundraising $4,123

  • 24b · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $54,763 · program services $33,467 · management and general $21,120 · fundraising $176

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND FAX

    total $50,180 · program services $36,580 · management and general $11,139 · fundraising $2,461

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $46,803 · program services $41,575 · management and general $4,791 · fundraising $437

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$227,982 · program services $776,826 · management and general -$905,776 · fundraising -$99,032

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,133,185 · end of year $8,249,397

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,597,115 · end of year $2,481,541

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $77,078

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year -$441,788

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,074 · end of year $59,534

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

    $157,250

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

    $126,471

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,339 · end of year $30,779

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,137,001 · end of year $1,146,285

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $939,429 · end of year $2,360,592

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,143,415 · end of year $761,510

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,820

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,053,669

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,504,252 · end of year $8,131,882

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,780,868 · end of year $4,458,145

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ESTABLISH STRONG RURAL COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND GENUINE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL WHILE ENGAGING PEOPLE IN DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES AND THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION - AN ALLIANCE OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATES FOR FEDERAL POLICY REFORM TO ADVANCE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD SYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $3,014,848 · Grants $68,840 · Revenue $155,681

  • FARM AND COMMUNITY - SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL NEBRASKA BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURE, WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIC FARMING, NEW FARMERS AND RANCHERS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

    Expenses $2,170,378 · Grants $135,014 · Revenue $200

  • RURAL PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM - ADVOCATES FOR STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES THAT SUPPORT FAMILY SIZE FARMS, VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURE, MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BEGINNING FARMERS, AND SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION.

    Expenses $1,335,159 · Grants $451

  • LENDING SERVICES - PROVIDES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL MICRO ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS THE FULL EXPANSE OF RURAL NEBRASKA AND INCLUDES A RURAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER AND A RURAL HISPANIC BUSINESS CENTER.

    Expenses $732,888 · Grants $9,600 · Revenue $3,688

  • CONSTITUENCY AND ENGAGEMENT - WORKS TO ENGAGE SUPPORTERS IN THE CENTER'S ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS AND TO ATTRACT NEW SUPPORTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENTER'S ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $79,619

  • MISSISSIPPI RIVER NETWORK - A DIVERSE COALITION OF 56 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE LAND, WATER, WILDLIFE, AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES' GREATEST RIVER.

    Expenses $635,060 · Grants $14,512 · Revenue $5,500

  • NEWSLETTER AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Expenses $16,906

  • GENERAL

    Revenue $40,717

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DENNIS DEMMEL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAY HALL

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHUCK KARPF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BARBARA DILLY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LEVERNE BARRETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KRISTA DITTMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MELISSA FLORELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GREG FRIPP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROSS LARSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMANDA MCKINNEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NANCY MEYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KARINA PEREZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMY SANDEEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PAUL SWANSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEELE VALENZUELA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JANE YULE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRIAN DEPEW

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,882
    From this org
    $139,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,352
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,530
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,252
    Filer's total
    $156,882

  • MIKE BRIDE

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $141,713
    From this org
    $107,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,956
    Hours/week
    40

  • LINDA BUTKUS

    CAO

    Total calculated
    $116,645
    From this org
    $90,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,482
    Hours/week
    40

  • SARAH HACKNEY

    COALITION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,609
    From this org
    $133,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,549
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,252
    Filer's total
    $150,609

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • THE GRANARY FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SOLICIT AND HOLD ENDOWMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS. · NE

  • CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS COMMUNITY CAPITAL

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE FINANCING & TECHNICAL ASSIST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES & COMMUNITY DEVEL · NE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421299349300402

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