- Revenue 2024
- $230,428
- Expenses 2024
- $155,663
Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- PO BOX 778
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.
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BACKBONE LAKE FRIENDS INC
EIN 42-1480846
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO ENHANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CREATION OF WEALTH FOR THE CITIZENS OF CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND TOURISM.
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TOURISM MARKETING & ADVERTISING PROGRAM: TO ATTRACT TOURISM TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS PROVIDED THROUGH TELEVISION, MAGAZINE, RADIO AND INTERNET: 1)TELEVISION ADS: A)240 WXOW TV COMMERCIALS SERVING THE LACROSSE WI AREA; 285,000 VIEWERS IN IOWA, WISCONSIN & MINNESOTA; B)330 PLUS, KWWL TV ADVERTISING CONTRACTS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, 21 IOWA COUNTYS VIEWING AREA; 2) MAGAZINE ADVERTISING CIRCULATION 340,000 SUBSCRIBERS IN 3 PUBLICATIONS: OUR IOWA, IA TRAVEL GUIDE AND AMERICAN ROAD, GENERATING 5417 LEADS; 3) 12,000 EVENT CARDS DISTRIBUTED TO 24 WELCOME CENTERS ACROSS IOWA & OUT OF STATE; 4,000 DINING CARDS DISTRIBUTED; 4) BEVERAGE CARDS DISTRIBUTED 5) 6,772 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, & YOUTUBE 6) ARRIVALIST DATA REPORTED OVER 130,000 VISITORS TO CLAYTON COUNTY IN 2024 7) OVER 1,840 BROCHURES DISTRIBUTED AT COUNTY & STATE FAIRS 8) OVER 506 RADIOS ADS ON KCTN & KADR
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BUSINESS, ENTREPRENURIAL, INDUSTRY PROGRAMS: 1)PARTNERED WITH IA STATE EXTENSION PROMOTING LEADING COMMUNITIES. 2)PROVIDED 14 ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS CONSULATIONS IN CORDINATION WITH SBDC 3)HOSTED 4 QUICKBOOKS WORKSHOPS; 28 REGISTERED ATTENDEES 4)INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT: A)TOURED 4 INDUSTRIES IN CLAYTON COUNTY, 5)REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM OFFERING REVOLVING LOANS TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, 24 GAP FINANCING LOANS WITH 96 NEW JOBS, SINCE 2008. 6)PROMOTED AND SUPPORTED SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING THROUGH RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH 23 BUSINESSES 7)PROMOTED AND SUPPORTED REAP APPLICANTS 8)PARTNERED WITH CENTRAL CLAYTON SCHOOL THROUGH BEST PROGRAM 9) ASSISTED WITH CHILD CARE ASSESSMENT 10) PARTNERED WITH TEACHER EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
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Clayton County Development Group promotes the Clayton County Foundation for the Future. CCFF holds 87 Family of Funds.
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Housing Program: Secured $100,000 in grant funds for housing program; Developed Revolving Loan Fund program; Promoted NE IA Regional Housing Trust; Shared housing assessment results online; Worked with student program to obtain drone maps and videos for housing sub developments
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Cathy DenningCATHY DENNING
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jackie OppermanJACKIE OPPERMAN
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael EricksonMICHAEL ERICKSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steve DoeppkeSTEVE DOEPPKE
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sara HertrampfSARA HERTRAMPF
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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William RobinsonWILLIAM ROBINSON
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tasha HienkesTASHA HIENKES
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brandon BriesBRANDON BRIES
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mary KuehlMARY KUEHL
INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Darla KelchenDARLA KELCHEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $230,428
- Expenses
- $155,663
- Contributions
- $203,100
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $174,896
- Expenses
- $172,735
- Contributions
- $165,689
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $288,041
- Expenses
- $144,866
- Contributions
- $276,770
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $178,501
- Expenses
- $167,834
- Assets (EOY)
- $446,341
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $165,648
- Expenses
- $167,834
- Assets (EOY)
- $446,341
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $172,858
- Expenses
- $143,347
- Assets (EOY)
- $450,221
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $161,634
- Expenses
- $144,680
- Assets (EOY)
- $401,725
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $178,254
- Expenses
- $136,612
- Assets (EOY)
- $388,138
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $170,262
- Expenses
- $137,952
- Assets (EOY)
- $337,522
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $170,273
- Expenses
- $135,911
- Assets (EOY)
- $303,064
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $146,489
- Expenses
- $144,452
- Assets (EOY)
- $265,293
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $147,569
- Expenses
- $127,387
- Assets (EOY)
- $264,021
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $124,728
- Assets (EOY)
- $238,551
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
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$75,000
2022 CLAYTON CO MARKETING
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$28,000
2025 PROMOTE CLAYTON CO
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$25,000
2023 CLAYTON CO MARKETING
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
Not present in the most recent drop.
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.