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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,273,630
Total expenses
$1,352,488
Contributions and grants received
$323,521
Grants paid
$31,000
Program service revenue
$928,146
Investment income
$21,963
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$485,450
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,891
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$344,559
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,246,534
Management and general expenses
$53,833
Fundraising expenses
$52,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,246,534

Program services were 92.2% 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

    $323,521

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSIC FESTIVAL

    total $908,996 · related or exempt $908,996

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM FEES

    total $19,150 · related or exempt $19,150

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,963 · excluded $11,963

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $10,000

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $10,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $31,000 · program services $31,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $89,265 · program services $64,083 · management and general $8,787 · fundraising $16,395

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $154,657 · program services $111,029 · management and general $15,223 · fundraising $28,405

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,401 · program services $2,555 · management and general $78 · fundraising $768

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,806 · program services $4,993 · management and general $861 · fundraising $1,952

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,985 · program services $15,484 · management and general $1,593 · fundraising $3,908

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,736 · program services $1,519 · management and general $1,217

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,750 · program services $7,647 · management and general $4,103

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $83,205 · program services $82,297 · management and general $908

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,994 · program services $34,807 · management and general $1,187

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,517 · program services $10,739 · management and general $3,778

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $938 · management and general $938

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,222 · program services $8,270 · management and general $2,952

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,947 · program services $40,935 · management and general $4,319 · fundraising $693

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,877 · program services $1,877

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,543 · program services $5,543

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,174 · program services $11,297 · management and general $4,877

  • 24a · Other expenses: FESTIVAL PRODUCTION

    total $424,440 · program services $424,440

  • 24b · Other expenses: FESTIVAL SITE SERVICES

    total $186,821 · program services $186,821

  • 24c · Other expenses: FESTIVAL HUMAN RESOURCE

    total $77,871 · program services $77,871

  • 24d · Other expenses: FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE

    total $35,757 · program services $35,757

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $90,582 · program services $87,570 · management and general $3,012

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $336,185 · end of year $364,741

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $101,187

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,595 · end of year $1,300

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,681 · end of year $2,682

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,200

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

    $34,486

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

    $25,676

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,747 · end of year $8,810

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $5,136 · end of year $2,530

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,484 · end of year $9,059

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $114,819 · end of year $131,832

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $448,041 · end of year $344,559

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR WOMEN, TO PRESERVE AND SUPPORT WORKING FAMILY FARMS AND RANCHES AND TO ENRICH AND PROMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES.

  • MUSIC FESTIVAL: THE RED ANTS PANTS MUSIC FESTIVAL IS THE SEMINAL PROGRAM, ADVANCING THE MISSION IN THREE KEY WAYS. FIRST, THE FESTIVAL IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT, GATHERING UP TO 7,500 PEOPLE TO A WORKING CATTLE RANCH WHERE ATTENDEES EXPERIENCE A CELEBRATION STEEPED IN RURAL TRADITIONS AND VALUES. SECOND, THE FESTIVAL ACTIVELY TEACHES AGRICULTURAL SKILLS THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO LIFE IN RURAL MONTANA. THESE SKILLS ARE TAUGHT THROUGH THE DEMONSTRATION AREA AND KIDS TENT WITH HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. THIRD, THE FESTIVAL RAISES AWARENESS AND MONEY THAT SUPPORTS OTHER PROGRAMS OF THE RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $1,007,562 · Revenue $918,996

  • RAPF GIRLS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: THIS YEAR-LONG LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE EMPOWERS JUNIOR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FROM RURAL MONTANA TO GROW AS CONFIDENT, COMMUNITY-MINDED LEADERS. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN THREE IMMERSIVE WEEKEND RETREATS, THREE INTERACTIVE WEBINARS, A ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE AND THEY EACH DEVELOP AND EXECUTE THEIR OWN MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY PROJECT. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE HOPE IN OUR YOUTH, PRIDE IN OUR RURAL HERITAGE AND STRENGTH AND COURAGE IN THEIR LEADERSHIP JOURNEYS. ADDITIONALLY WE HOST A WEEKEND LONG RETREAT IN EASTERN MONTANA FOR SOPHOMORE-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AS WELL AS AN ALUMNI PROGRAM WITH CONTINUED IN PERSON AND ONLINE PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $67,277 · Revenue $19,150

  • SKILLS WORKSHOPS: OFFERING TECHNICAL SKILL BASED WORKSHOPS IN TIMBER SKILLS, CARPENTRY AND TRAILER BACKING.

    Expenses $67,237

  • COMMUNITY GRANT CYCLE: SERVING RURAL MONTANA COMMUNITIES WHOSE PROJECTS PARALLEL OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $52,181 · Grants $31,000

  • WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY WELL BEING RETREATS: THREE DAY GATHERINGS OF WOMEN TO TEACH RESILIENCE SKILLS AND REFLECTION THROUGH WRITING, CONNECTION AND RESTORATION.

    Expenses $52,277

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Courtney Cowgill

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Hedrich

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chelsea Cole

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maida Knapton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Blomquist

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Hollow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kaleena Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Fitzgerald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Calhoun

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,619
    From this org
    $89,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,354
    Hours/week
    40

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

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.

  • PASTURE PRODUCTIONS LLC

    RED ANTS PANTS FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES · MT · income $1,273,630 · assets $161,440

    Directly controlled by RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349316201

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