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← CONSERVATION MINNESOTA

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONSERVATION MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,005,077
Total expenses
$2,298,981
Contributions and grants received
$2,002,182
Grants paid
$259,800
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,895
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$775,611
Total liabilities, end of year
$218,580
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$557,031
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,425,235
Management and general expenses
$598,071
Fundraising expenses
$275,675
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,425,235

Program services were 62.0% 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

    $709,456

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,292,726

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $170,913

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,895 · excluded $2,895

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $107,100 · program services $107,100

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $152,700 · program services $152,700

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,602 · program services $72,746 · management and general $34,004 · fundraising $27,852

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,060,981 · program services $643,726 · management and general $252,290 · fundraising $164,965

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $46,080 · program services $27,198 · management and general $11,171 · fundraising $7,711

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $118,154 · program services $111,803 · management and general $6,351

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $100,532 · program services $53,733 · management and general $33,031 · fundraising $13,768

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,722 · program services $45 · management and general $20,677

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $82,877 · management and general $82,877

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $32,743 · program services $32,743

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,070 · program services $1,345 · management and general $28,125 · fundraising $6,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,005 · program services $5,056 · fundraising $949

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $132,827 · program services $57,093 · management and general $24,437 · fundraising $51,297

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,699 · program services $45,247 · management and general $36,771 · fundraising $1,681

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $83,644 · program services $43,559 · management and general $40,085

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,609 · program services $14,939 · management and general $963 · fundraising $707

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,758 · program services $6,104 · management and general $635 · fundraising $19

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,348 · management and general $10,348

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,745 · program services $6,670 · management and general $75

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $29,284 · program services $29,168 · management and general $116

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

    total $10,960 · program services $10,834 · fundraising $126

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,541 · program services $3,426 · management and general $16,115

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $594 · end of year $223

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $232,948 · end of year $517,190

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $482,636 · end of year $227,636

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $360,843 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,952 · end of year $30,562

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

    $60,897

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

    $60,897

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,349 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $268,387 · end of year $218,580

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $134,692 · end of year $149,894

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $716,243 · end of year $407,137

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CONSERVATION MINNESOTA'S MISSION IS TO TURN OUR SHARED CONSERVATION VALUES INTO STATE PRIORITIES AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOUR FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND FUTURE.

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT:CONSERVATION MINNESOTA IS GUIDED BY THE PRIORITIES OF MINNESOTANS AND ENGAGES ITS STATEWIDE NETWORK OF OVER 70,000 INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL LEADERS WITH MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SOLVE THE CONSERVATION ISSUES THAT THEY TELL US ARE MOST IMPORTANT.

    Expenses $814,452 · Grants $152,700

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION:CONSERVATION MINNESOTA PROVIDES CREDIBLE, NON-PARTISAN INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT AND EMERGING ISSUES THAT AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH, WATER QUALITY, AND MINNESOTA'S GREAT OUTDOORS SO THAT INDIVIDUAL MINNESOTANS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT PROTECT OUR HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

    Expenses $408,954 · Grants $107,100

  • PUBLIC POLICY:CONSERVATION MINNESOTA DEVELOPS AND ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ENSURE OUR CHERISHED MINNESOTA LAKES, LANDS AND WAY OF LIFE ARE PROTECTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

    Expenses $201,829

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jenna Dahlberg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Teiken

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Avchen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Ayers-Bean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heidi Benedict

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jeff Blodgett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Katie Bloome

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Bull

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Holt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Howard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Diane Meier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jason Mooty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Northbird

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Avi Olitkzy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Orth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodney Overcash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Sexton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gia Vitali

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Helena Way

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Austin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $186,246
    From this org
    $97,535
    From related orgs
    $52,450
    Other
    $36,261
    Hours/week
    19 + 13 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,535 + $52,450 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,306 + $2,315 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,275 + $10,365 related
    Filer's total
    $121,116 + $65,130 related
  • Andrew Goldman-Gray

    UPSTREAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,507
    From this org
    $103,144
    From related orgs
    $10,670
    Other
    $7,693
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nels P Paulsen

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $106,158
    From this org
    $101,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,433
    Hours/week
    29 + 3 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REGULARLY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • CONSERVATION MINNESOTA VOTER CENTER INC

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATING VOTERS ON CONSERVATION POLICIES · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CONSERVATION MINNESOTA

  • CONSERVATION MINNESOTA VOTER PROJECT

    527 · PAC · MN

    Directly controlled by CONSERVATION MINNESOTA VOTER CENTER INC

  • CONSERVATION MINNESOTA VOTER FUND

    527 · PAC · MN

    Directly controlled by CONSERVATION MINNESOTA VOTER CENTER INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611339349305346

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