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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OGALLALA COMMONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$657,849
Total expenses
$713,772
Contributions and grants received
$35,579
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$616,251
Investment income
$6,019
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$364,244
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$364,244
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$624,631
Management and general expenses
$72,684
Fundraising expenses
$16,457
Program service expenses (Part III)
$624,631

Program services were 87.5% 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

    $35,579

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REBUILD LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS

    total $257,322 · related or exempt $257,322

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKFORCE & LEADER DEVELOP

    total $193,950 · related or exempt $193,950

  • 2c · Program service revenue: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM

    total $95,200 · related or exempt $95,200

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STEWARDING NATURAL RESOURCE

    total $69,779 · related or exempt $69,779

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,019 · related or exempt $6,019

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $38,229 · management and general $38,229

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,677 · management and general $25,677

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,697 · program services $24,258 · management and general $7,982 · fundraising $16,457

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $796 · management and general $796

  • 24a · Other expenses: WORKFORCE & LEADER DEV

    total $240,139 · program services $240,139

  • 24b · Other expenses: REBUILD LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM

    total $215,472 · program services $215,472

  • 24c · Other expenses: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROG

    total $94,944 · program services $94,944

  • 24d · Other expenses: STEWARDING NATURAL RES

    total $49,818 · program services $49,818

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $243,797 · end of year $79,708

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $55,786 · end of year $90,834

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $120,000 · end of year $178,333

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $584 · end of year $5,018

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

    $11,147

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

    $796

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $10,351

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $420,167 · end of year $364,244

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OGALLALA COMMONS INC. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OFFERING EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP TO BUILD VIBRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE GREAT PLAINS REGION, BY REINVIGORATING THE COMMONWEALTH WHICH FORM THE FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES. OUR REGION'S COMMONWEALTH CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS WATER AND MINERAL CYCLE, RENEWABLE ENERGY, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND RECREATION, THE ARTS, HISTORY, A SENSE OF PLACE, WILDLIFE, THE FOODSHED AND SPIRITUALITY. THESE ARE 12 ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR COMMUNITY VITALITY. OGALLALA COMMONS FOCUSES ON 4 ACTIVITIES TO REGENERATE THESE COMMONWEALTHS: 1. BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; 2. CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH; 3. FOSTERING A SENSE OF PLACE; AND 4. EMPOWERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

  • WORKFORCE & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: IN 2023, OGALLALA COMMONS, INC. (OC) EMPOWERED 484 YOUTH TO BECOME CO-CREATORS OF A SHARED FUTURE BY PARTICIPATING IN OC YOUTH ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT EXPANDED CAREER HORIZONS AND PROVIDED EDUCATION ABOUT COMMUNITY ASSETS. PARTICIPATING YOUTH PITCHED 88 BUSINESS IDEAS (32 OF WHICH BECAME OPERATIONAL BUSINESSES), AND RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES INVESTED 18,000 IN SUCH YOUTH-RUN BUSINESSES. OC ALSO PROVIDED WORK EXPERIENCE, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND LOCAL CAREER EXPLORATION FOR 62 INTERNS IN 23 COMMUNITIES SPANNING FIVE STATES THROUGH ITS INTERNSHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

    Expenses $240,139

  • STEWARDING NATURAL RESOURCES: IN 2023, OC ORGANIZED SEVEN FIELD DAYS AND MANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THAT TAUGHT LANDOWNERS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC THE IMPORTANCE OF REVITALIZING AND CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES. THESE EVENTS WERE ATTENDED BY 562 PEOPLE SPANNING 56 COMMUNITIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

    Expenses $49,818

  • REBUILDING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: IN 2023, OC USED SUMMITS, FIELD DAYS, AND DIGITAL MEDIA TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS AND ADVOCATES TO REINVIGORATE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS. OC HAD 227 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM, TOUCHING ON EIGHT DIFFERENT FOOD SHEDS CENTERED IN FOUR DIFFERENT STATES. THROUGH OC'S MY FOODSHED FOODHUB, OC TRANSPORTED 2,904 POUNDS OF NUTRIENT-DENSE, LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD TO RURAL STUDENTS AND SENIORS.

    Expenses $215,472

  • PROGRAMS TOTAL.

    Expenses $119,202

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Wes Spohr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Bertha Mendoza

    BOARD VICE-P

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeff Ochampaugh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • William J Nelson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Tiana Suazo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Calley Runnels

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Elaine Belansky PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mia Dacus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeremy West

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403209349320085

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