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CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS

EIN 47-0553823 LYONS, NE

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Revenue 2024
$18,576,488
Expenses 2024
$11,840,371

Program services were 99.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
145 MAIN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CULTIVATE STRONG COMMUNITIES ROOTED IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

  • NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION - AN ALLIANCE OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATES FOR FEDERAL POLICY REFORM TO ADVANCE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD SYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $3,313,151 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $183,283

  • FARM AND COMMUNITY - SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL NEBRASKA BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURE, WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIC FARMING, NEW FARMERS AND RANCHERS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

    Expenses $3,772,072 · Grants $638,826 · Revenue $4,750

  • RURAL PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM - ADVOCATES FOR STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES THAT SUPPORT FAMILY SIZE FARMS, VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURE, MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BEGINNING FARMERS, AND SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION.

    Expenses $2,281,386 · Revenue $10,400

  • LENDING SERVICES - PROVIDES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL MICRO ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS THE FULL EXPANSE OF RURAL NEBRASKA AND INCLUDES A RURAL WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER AND A RURAL HISPANIC BUSINESS CENTER.

    Expenses $1,041,476 · Grants $12,000 · Revenue $382,206

  • MISSISSIPPI RIVER NETWORK - A DIVERSE COALITION OF 56 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE LAND, WATER, WILDLIFE, AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES' GREATEST RIVER.

    Expenses $644,454 · Revenue $2,749

  • NEWSLETTER AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Expenses -$38,800

  • SOLAR FOR ALL

    Expenses $702,863

  • GENERAL

    Revenue $55,524

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dennis Demmel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jay Hall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Chuck Karpf

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Barbara Dilly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Leverne Barrett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Krista Peeks Dittman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Melissa Florell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Greg Fripp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ross Larson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nancy Meyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Karina Perez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Audrey Lutz Musilek

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Paul Swanson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steele Valenzuela

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jane Yule

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lee Tesdell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian Depew

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,771
    From this org
    $168,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,241
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,278
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,252
    Filer's total
    $190,771
  • Mike Bride

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $171,631
    From this org
    $130,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,215
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,416
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,293
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,922
    Filer's total
    $171,631
  • Sandra Renner

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $118,409
    From this org
    $88,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,436
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Hackney

    NSAC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,773
    From this org
    $153,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,616
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,157
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,364
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,252
    Filer's total
    $174,773
  • Sophia Kruszewski

    NSAC DEPUTY POLICY DIRECOR

    Total calculated
    $173,725
    From this org
    $132,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,254
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,471
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,332
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,922
    Filer's total
    $173,725
  • Mike Lavender

    NSAC POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $196,752
    From this org
    $154,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,281
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,471
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,359
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,922
    Filer's total
    $196,752
  • Eowyn Corral

    GRASS ROOTS CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,393
    From this org
    $107,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,969
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $18,576,488
    Expenses
    $11,840,371
    Contributions
    $17,119,596
    Grants paid
    $665,826
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,752,357
    Expenses
    $9,896,780
    Contributions
    $13,831,920
    Grants paid
    $434,445
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,387,243
    Expenses
    $8,118,552
    Contributions
    $6,901,506
    Grants paid
    $228,417

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,008,855
    Expenses
    $8,309,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,439,355
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,957,614
    Expenses
    $7,470,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,490,836
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,918,304
    Expenses
    $7,785,078
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,116,429
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,883,590
    Expenses
    $6,748,368
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,885,392
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,331,360
    Expenses
    $5,593,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,997,620
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,331,360
    Expenses
    $5,593,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,997,620
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,136,771
    Expenses
    $5,782,039
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,341,215
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,508,189
    Expenses
    $5,693,311
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,414,342
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,225,033
    Expenses
    $5,855,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,473,475
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,973,339
    Expenses
    $5,159,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,235,925

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • THE GRANARY FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · SOLICIT AND HOLD ENDOWMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS. · NE

  • CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS COMMUNITY CAPITAL

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE FINANCING & TECHNICAL ASSIST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES & COMMUNITY · NE

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.