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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPRIESTERSBACH FARM CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$119,079
Total expenses
$64,577
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$50,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$119,079
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,262,570
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,262,570
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$50,000
Management and general expenses
$14,577
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$50,000

Program services were 77.4% 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.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,288 · excluded $36,288

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $225,004

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $142,213

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $82,791

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $82,791 · excluded $82,791

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,523 · management and general $1,523

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,915 · management and general $11,915

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $950 · management and general $950

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $117 · management and general $117

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $72 · management and general $72

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $28,279 · end of year $5,889

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,179,789 · end of year $1,256,681

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,208,068 · end of year $1,262,570

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE SPRIESTERSBACH FARM CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT AGRICULTURE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUTH.

  • INDIAN CREEK SCHOOLS NINEVEH-HENSLEY-JACKSON UNITED SCHOOL CORPORATION, ALSO KNOWN AS INDIAN CREEK SCHOOLS, OFFERS A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ALL FOUR SCHOOLS AT ONE LOCATION IN RURAL TRAFALGAR, INDIANA AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES DRIVE OUR DECISIONS FOR DEVELOPING A BROADER STUDENT, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. THE SCHOOL SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE AGRICULTURAL CURRICULUM AND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR OUR K-12STUDENTS. CLASSROOMS WILL BENEFIT FROM AN UPDATED GREENHOUSE. THE GRANT WAS APPROVED FOR $25,000.

    Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

  • INDIANA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION THE PIONEER VILLAGE IS ANNUALLY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS AT THE INDIANA STATE FAIR. THE PRIMARY BUILDING IN PIONEER VILLAGE IS NOW WELL PAST IT PROJECTED LIFE SPAN. GRANT WAS APPROVED FOR $100,000 WITH AN INITIAL INSTALLMENT OF $25,000 CONTRIBUTED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO RECONSTRUCT THE PIONEER VILLAGE EDUCATIONAL BARN.

    Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Thornburg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Geswein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Doug King

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anne Cristiani

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Trotter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • INDIANA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION INC

    $25,000

    INDIANA ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCE CURRICULUM

  • NINEVEH-HENSLEY-JACKSON UNITED SCHOOL CORP

    $25,000

    FAIRGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, CHEF UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
4 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612179349301506

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