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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$154,630
Total expenses
$147,451
Contributions and grants received
$9,000
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$69,135
Membership dues (line 3)
$57,935
Investment income (line 4)
$102
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$2,342
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$16,116
Total assets, end of year
$110,087
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,746
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$75,341
Program service expenses (Part III)
$122,925

Program services were 83.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

AAEA SERVES AS A FORUM FOR AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AMONG COLLEAGUES IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE. TRADITION HAS KEPT THE ASSOCIATION STRONG SINCE 1921 AND ITS CULTURE DEFINES ITS NICHE - THE EDITORS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND OTHER COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS SERVING AMERICA'S AGRIBUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AND RURAL LIFESTYLE ENTHUSIASTS. TODAY, AAEA'S PURPOSE STANDS AS TESTAMENT TO THE VISION, COURAGE, AND DETERMINATION OF THE SMALL GROUP OF FARM MAGAZINE EDITORS WHO FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION - TO PROVIDE A FORUM THAT ALLOWS PROFESSIONALS TO SHARE AND EXCHANGE IDEAS, ISSUES, AND GOALS WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES WHILE OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

  • AAEA IS A 50% OWNER OF AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT, LLC WHICH HOLDS AN AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE EACH YEAR. THE REVENUE FROM THIS CONFERENCE IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT OWN THE PARTNERSHIP.

    Expenses $2,752

  • AAEA PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 500 MEMBERS WITH A FORUM FOR PROFESSIONAL INPROVEMENT AND CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AGRICULTURAL EDITORS & OTHER AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS TO SHARE IDEAS AND DISCUSS THEIR PROFESSION.

    Expenses $85,017

  • AAEA HOLDS A WRITING, DESIGN, AND PHOTO CONTEST EACH YEAR FOR AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $35,156

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Bill Spiegel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha Mintz

    PRESIDENT EL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mindy Ward

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Caraway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Crosby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Knapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harlen Persinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenna Rathai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Reichenberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessie Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1

  • Samantha Kilgore

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    8

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413209349207706

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