- Revenue 2024
- $781,731
- Expenses 2024
- $723,916
Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A82Z
- Classification
- 2800
- Street
- 1351 MAIN AVE W
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).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To collect, display, and interpret artifacts relevant to the history and cultural heritage of Cass County and the Red River Valley.
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Bonanzaville, USA, is a cultural institution dedicated to educating, enlightening, and enriching the lives of our guests through the use of history by preserving, sharing, and connecting the past with the present. The Society maintains a historical site "Bonanzaville USA," along with 36 historical structures which have been relocated to the site or built onsite. Activities include the discovery, collection, and preservation of data, objects, or memorabilia of historical value and the dissemination of information concerning the history of Cass County North Dakota, and the state of North Dakota. Bonanzaville held several events during the year in the 12-acre village, including Pioneer Days, 4th of July celebration, and Christmas on the Prairie. In 2024, 30,000 (Continued on Schedule O)visitors toured our historic facilities, hailing from all 50 states in the U.S. and several foreign countries. Four thousand seven hundred school students and their educators participated in a school tour in 2024 as part of their local history curriculum. Visitors aged 16 to 65 account for 33% of participation, ages 6 to 16 for 33%, senior citizens for 17%, military status for 4%, and children under 5%. Bonanzaville is committed to providing the community with a safe and trusted space to learn, explore, relax, and enjoy now and into the future.
Expenses $571,214 · Revenue $151,268
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.
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Bill Erickson - Director Until
March)/President (As of Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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David Groven - Director Until
March)/VP (As of Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brock Tallakson
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Angela Smith
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kristen Fellows
President (Until Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jonathan Haux
Vice President (Until Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dan Suckert
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kent Lindemann
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mike Nobis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nicole Rygh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Creese
Director (As of Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matt Oye
Director (As of Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brian Geffre
Director (As of Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brent Haugen
Director (As of Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shane Cullen
Director (Until Oct)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brad Nudell
Director (Until Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laura Maeyaert
Director (Until Apr)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Beth Jansen
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $71,400
- From this org
- $71,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $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
- $781,731
- Expenses
- $723,916
- Contributions
- $479,036
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $908,799
- Expenses
- $671,715
- Contributions
- $600,678
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $788,678
- Expenses
- $594,223
- Contributions
- $603,146
- Grants paid
- $301
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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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $583,050
- Expenses
- $523,632
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,814,180
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $571,540
- Expenses
- $437,457
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,741,329
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $672,774
- Expenses
- $493,054
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,632,019
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $497,490
- Expenses
- $450,810
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,396,451
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $476,806
- Expenses
- $486,714
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,452,468
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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2022 $11,575-MORRIS DECORATING, $11,848.50-RAER PRESSED GLASS COLLECTION, $4,260-SCHOOLHOUSE, $3,336.98-PASSENGER VEHICLES, $13,845-GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2022
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2025 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2023 $9,975-MAIN BUILDING MAINTENANCE ,$17,667-SUPPORT THE RAER PRESSED GLASS COLLECTION
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2025 ANNUAL DESIGNATED DISTRIBUTION- RAER PRESSED GLASS COLLECTION BONANZAVILLE; MAINTENANCE OF MAIN BUILDING
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$23,000
2024 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
$12,500
2022 CHARITABLE DONATION
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$10,000
2023 HUMAN SERVICES
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2023 CHARITABLE DONATION
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 11 November 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 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.