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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RURAL ADVANTAGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,046
Total expenses
$316,345
Contributions and grants received
$9,619
Grants paid
$300,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$11,427
Total assets, end of year
$1,166,009
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,922
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,163,087
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$306,590
Management and general expenses
$9,755
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$306,590

Program services were 96.9% 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

    $9,619

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,648

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $5,221

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $11,427

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $11,427 · related or exempt $11,427

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $300,000 · program services $300,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $4,430 · management and general $4,430

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,381 · program services $1,381

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,058 · program services $1,058

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,325 · management and general $5,325

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,151 · program services $3,151

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $763 · end of year $3,006

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

    $1,171,500

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

    $8,497

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,466,154 · end of year $1,163,003

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $8,531 · end of year $2,922

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,458,386 · end of year $1,163,087

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS TO PROMOTE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AGRICULTURE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH, ECONOMIC VIABILITY, AND RURAL VITALITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RURAL ADVANTAGE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA, INTERESTED IN CAPITALIZING ON THE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY. IT FOCUSES ON SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH, WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN PERENNIAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS.

  • RURAL ADVANTAGE CONTINUED ITS WORK TO SUPPORT RESILIENT AGRICULTURE BY CONTINUING TO HOLD AND OPERATE A FARM WITH RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND MANAGE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY. RA ALSO SUPPORTED BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTHIER FOOD FOR RURAL RESIDENTS AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS THROUGH ITS SMALL MARKET BUCKS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $306,590 · Grants $300,000 · Revenue $11,427

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • LINDA MESCHKE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $4,430
    From this org
    $4,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    16

  • BILLEYE RABBE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES KLEINSCHMIT

    SECRETARY

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202601319349304030

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