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← ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$53,955,457
Total expenses
$51,297,630
Contributions and grants received
$53,546,843
Grants paid
$47,372,438
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$314,846
Other revenue
$93,768
Total assets, end of year
$40,821,357
Total liabilities, end of year
$94,102
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$40,727,255
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$50,163,492
Management and general expenses
$590,597
Fundraising expenses
$543,541
Program service expenses (Part III)
$50,163,492

Program services were 97.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $57,456

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $53,489,387

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $44,599,502

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $287,228 · excluded $287,228

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,895

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,905

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,905 · unrelated business $2,905

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $27,618

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $27,618

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $27,618 · related or exempt -$12,980 · excluded $40,598

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

    $57,456

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,291

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$30,291 · excluded -$30,291

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $665,257

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $587,068

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $78,189 · related or exempt $78,189

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $42,647 · related or exempt $42,647

  • 11b · Other revenue: CONVENTION INCOME

    total $318 · related or exempt $318

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $42,965

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,902,824 · program services $25,902,824

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $129,453 · program services $129,453

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $21,340,161 · program services $21,340,161

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,512 · management and general $95,512

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $770,936 · program services $406,088 · management and general $218,805 · fundraising $146,043

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $348,049 · program services $45,783 · management and general $202,827 · fundraising $99,439

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,684 · program services $25,613 · management and general $17,192 · fundraising $6,879

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,101 · program services $48,101

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $78,274 · program services $46,679 · management and general $1,015 · fundraising $30,580

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $177,523 · program services $12,166 · fundraising $165,357

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,249 · program services $48,255 · management and general $3,408 · fundraising $586

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $244,739 · program services $232,112 · management and general $11,260 · fundraising $1,367

  • 17 · Travel

    total $137,979 · program services $49,192 · management and general $24,764 · fundraising $64,023

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,492 · program services $10,464 · management and general $1,424 · fundraising $604

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $569,965 · program services $569,965

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $296,779 · program services $289,487 · management and general $5,400 · fundraising $1,892

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $326,814 · program services $325,428 · fundraising $1,386

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $234,907 · program services $234,907

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

    total $234,352 · program services $225,362 · management and general $8,990

  • 24d · Other expenses: GAS & FUEL

    total $147,944 · program services $147,944

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $98,893 · program services $73,508 · fundraising $25,385

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,802,766 · end of year $1,882,207

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,886,213 · end of year $8,410,810

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $520,823 · end of year $502,005

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $21,900

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $11,621,908 · end of year $11,657,488

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

    $20,128,072

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

    $4,333,603

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,188,090 · end of year $15,794,469

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,434,473 · end of year $1,798,931

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $592,615 · end of year $726,904

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,266 · end of year $26,643

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $72,499 · end of year $94,102

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,643,255 · end of year $36,598,305

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,339,400 · end of year $4,128,950

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PROVIDE CHRISTIAN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF

  • VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. "CLIMB ABOARD" ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN USING THEIR OWN VEHICLES, TIME AND EFFORT. DONATED CLEAN CLOTHING AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE CAREFULLY SORTED AND PACKED IN BOXES AT REGIONAL WAREHOUSES ACROSS AMERICA. EACH YEAR MORE THAN 200 SEMI-TRAILER LOADS OF THESE SUPPLIES AS WELL AS FOOD, BLANKETS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND BIBLES ARE SHIPPED WHERE MOST NEEDED IN AMERICA AND OVER 100 SEMI-TRAILER LOADS ARE SHIPPED AROUND THE WORLD FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF. THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED TO CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, ORPHANAGES, PRISONS, AND SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $50,163,492 · Grants $47,372,438

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Grant Schmidt

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $95,512
    From this org
    $48,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,470
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shawn Beaudette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Bill Begeman

    CHAIRMAN OF

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Nancy Boe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jennifer Bucklew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Clark Froehlich

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Bill Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Aaron Otten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Pastor Ray Wilke

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Bernie Wrede

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Larry Zimmerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • OGT LOGISTICS LLC

    TRANSPORTA · NE · assets $305,492

    Directly controlled by ORPHAN GT

  • HOPE FOR THE STARVING LLC

    FOOD & PKG · NE · income $665,257 · assets $357,924

    Directly controlled by ORPHAN GT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622609349301727

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