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VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP

EIN 46-1988505 GRAND FORKS, ND

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Revenue 2025
$25,000
Expenses 2025
$23,511

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
120 N 4TH 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

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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 · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

TO IDENTIFY AND PROMOTE THE STRATEGIC ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION IN BOTH ND AND MN AND TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OF THE REGION.

  • THE VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP ADVOCATED FOR STATE POLICY DURING THE 2025 NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES.THE RED RIVER WATER SUPPLY PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL WATER OPTION TO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO MITIGATE AGAINST DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE COSTLY WATER SHORTAGES. THE VPP CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR ACCELERATION OF THE PROJECT TO REDUCE COSTS AND PUT THE PROJECT INTO OPERATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE PROJECT IS SLATED FOR COMPLETION IN 2031AT A COST OF $1.2 BILLION OF WHICH $953 MILLION IS STATE FUNDING AND THE REMAINDER IS COMMITTED BY LOCALITIES. THE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ALTERNATE WATER SUPPLY, WHICH MAKES USE OF THE MCCLUSKY CANAL AS AN ALTERNATE WATER SOURCE WILL SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AS WELL AS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. ONGOING FUNDING WAS SECURED IN THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BAKKEN EAST PIPELINE PROJECT PROPOSED BY WBI ENERGY IS A FORWARD-LOOKING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THAT WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE ENERGY RELIABILITY ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA BUT ALSO POSITION OUR STATE AS A COMPETITIVE DESTINATION FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING, AG PROCESSING, AND HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES SUCH AS DATA CENTERS. BY ENSURING A STABLE SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS, THIS PROJECT WILL: ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES. SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY GOALS THROUGH CLEANER-BURNING FUEL AND LOWER EMISSIONS. ATTRACT LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND HIGH-PAYING JOBS TO OUR COMMUNITIES. DIVERSIFY OUR STATE'S ECONOMY BEYOND TRADITIONAL ENERGY SECTORS. IN ADDITION TO ITS ECONOMIC BENEFITS, THE PIPELINE WILL HELP REDUCE FLARING IN THE BAKKEN, IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES AND PRESERVING VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE WASTED. THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED AN UP TO $50 MILLION ANNUAL PURCHASE GAP FOR UP TO 10 YEARS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT'S OPERATION IN 2025. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE PIPELINE REACHING CASS COUNTY IN 2030. THE AVAILABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND QUALITY OF CHILDCARE SERVICES IS A FORMIDABLE BARRIER TO WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION IN ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. THE VPP SUPPORTED FUNDING TO INCREASE ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS (CCAP), FOR ENHANCED ASSISTANCE FOR INFANT AND TODDLERS, FOR AN EMPLOYER-LED COST-SHARE PROGRAM, FOR A NON-TRADITIONAL HOURS-OF-CARE PILOT PROGRAM, AND GRANTS FOR PROVIDER SHARED SERVICES AND START-UPS, AND FOR STREAMLINING BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE RED RIVER VALLEY CONTINUES TO FACE CRITICAL WORKFORCE CHALLENGES. THE VPP'S FOCUS IN 2025 WAS TO ADVOCATE FOR AN INCREASE OF FUNDING FOR OPERATION INTERN AND THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE IMPACT PROGRAM TO EMPOWER LOCALLY LED SOLUTIONS TO ONE OF THE STATE'S GREATEST CHALLENGES. WORKFORCE NEEDS VARY BY REGION THROUGHOUT NORTH DAKOTA, SO A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH IS UNREALISTIC AND WOULD NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. BY CREATING A REGIONAL FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE INITIATIVES, LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS CAN ARTICULATE THEIR NEEDS AND THE ABILITY TO ACCESS FUNDING TO ADDRESS THEM. INTERNSHIPS ARE A PROVEN WAY TO CONNECT COMPANIES WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE INTERESTS AND CAPABILITIES MATCH, THEREBY FILLING JOBS IN THE STATE. EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS RECEIVED AN APPROPRIATION IN THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE VPP SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE GRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THE FARGO-MOORHEAD SCIENCE MUSEUM. THE GRAND FORKS MUSEUM IS INTENDED AS A HANDS-ON SCIENCE CENTER THAT WILL FEATURE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON STEAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS), HIGHLIGHTING REGIONAL INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES. IN FARGO, THE FARGO-MOORHEAD SCIENCE MUSEUM IS INTENDED TO BE A REGIONAL DESTINATION FOR STEM LEARNING WITH INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS. FUNDING FOR BOTH MUSEUMS WAS SECURED IN THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Chris Wolf

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Lund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike McLean

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Roers Jones

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Raso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Wilfahrt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Full

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Delore Zimmerman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    Compensation
    $3,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $25,000
    Expenses
    $23,511
    Contributions
    $25,000
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,500
    Expenses
    $32,756
    Contributions
    $10,500
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $58,000
    Expenses
    $69,362
    Contributions
    $58,000
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $70,000
    Expenses
    $145,360
    Contributions
    $70,000
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $80,000
    Expenses
    $123,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,380
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $90,000
    Expenses
    $107,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,144
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $100,000
    Expenses
    $159,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $173,112
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $220,000
    Expenses
    $155,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $232,510
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $120,000
    Expenses
    $36,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,605
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $71,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,384
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $85,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,732
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,000
    Expenses
    $142,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $241,506

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.

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.