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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,816,717
Total expenses
$8,004,729
Contributions and grants received
$9,729,128
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$37,225
Investment income
$50,364
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$14,387,373
Total liabilities, end of year
$407,006
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,980,367
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,028,484
Management and general expenses
$846,252
Fundraising expenses
$129,993
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,028,484

Program services were 87.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,257,769

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $471,359

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $165,444

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $37,225 · related or exempt $37,225

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,364 · excluded $50,364

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,399 · management and general $124,399

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,101,108 · program services $3,843,993 · management and general $257,115

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,951 · program services $2,236 · management and general $715

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $88,339 · program services $73,333 · management and general $15,006

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $368,249 · program services $332,883 · management and general $35,366

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $133,137 · management and general $133,137

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $272,736 · program services $204,345 · management and general $9,250 · fundraising $59,141

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $115,349 · program services $108,232 · management and general $1,224 · fundraising $5,893

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $280,795 · program services $208,261 · management and general $53,417 · fundraising $19,117

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $222,004 · program services $204,726 · management and general $17,278

  • 17 · Travel

    total $99,021 · program services $98,951 · management and general $70

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $458,601 · program services $439,117 · management and general $19,484

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $236,658 · program services $119,526 · management and general $117,132

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $819,617 · program services $804,561 · management and general $11,226 · fundraising $3,830

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER/CLIENT ACTIVI

    total $277,491 · program services $277,491

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $185,584 · program services $149,801 · management and general $35,783

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $178,389 · program services $129,885 · management and general $6,492 · fundraising $42,012

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,301 · program services $31,143 · management and general $9,158

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,719,525 · end of year $1,807,379

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $922,958 · end of year $584,244

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $13,433 · end of year $11,543

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $125,605 · end of year $150,358

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

    $15,091,491

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

    $3,389,164

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,537,279 · end of year $11,702,327

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $73,291 · end of year $94,238

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $40,405 · end of year $37,284

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $264,117 · end of year $407,006

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,016,514 · end of year $9,750,634

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,151,865 · end of year $4,229,733

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RURAL AMERICA INITIATIVES IS A COMMUNITY-BASED, NON-PROFIT AGENCY SERVING AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN AND AROUND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH CULTURALLY SENSITIVE FAMILY SERVICES, COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PARENT SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY, REFERRALS, AND GROUP MENTORING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IMPROVE HEALTH & EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO URBAN NATIVE AMERICANS

  • HEADSTART-THE ORGANIZATION IS THE GRANTEE WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAMS BRANCH OF HEADSTART AND OPERATES TWO CENTERS IN RAPID CITY AND TWO CENTERS IN CROW CREEK. THE PURPOSE IS TO OPERATE A HEADSTART PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN 4 TO 5 YEARS OF AGE, AND THEIR PARENTS, HELPING WITH THE TRANSITION OF MOVING FROM THE RESERVATION; AS WELL AS AN EARLY HEADSTART PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 0 TO 3, AND THEIR PARENTS.

    Expenses $5,558,296 · Revenue $37,225

  • PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS: ATEYAPI: THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE IS A PROGRAM PROVIDING MENTORS TO TEACH SEXUAL ABSTINENCE AND LAKOTA CULTURE AT THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN RAPID CITYATEYAPI: IT'S YOUR GAME - KEEPING IT REAL IS A TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH.

    Expenses $1,013,140

  • ANA LANGUAGE - PRESERVATION OF THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE WHICH IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING. MANY NATIVE AMERICAN PARENTS HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE. THE LANGUAGE, WHEN IT IS TAUGHT, IS PRESENTED LIKE A "FOREIGN LANGUAGE". NO SYSTEM EXISTS FOR CHILDREN IN RAPID CITY TO LEARN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AT A YOUNG AGE, IN A NATURAL WAY. OUR PROJECT IS AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.

    Expenses $457,048

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carol Marshall-Coon

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Kati Pechota

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tammy Valdez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Labonte

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica Garreau Schmit

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Murphy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chuck Robertson Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Long Fox

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,399
    From this org
    $123,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $519
    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
2024
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202541979349300809

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