KEEP IT LOCAL

As filed

Subsection

04

Street

547 S 7TH ST NUM 351

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 · 2025

• Keep It Local is a State Ballot Measure Committee formed under North Dakota law and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a section 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The Committee was organized exclusively to oppose a single statewide ballot measure on the November 2024 general election ballot in North Dakota that sought to eliminate ad valorem property taxes and replace them with alternative state revenue sources. The measure, if passed, would have fundamentally changed the structure of property taxation in the state, removing a major source of funding for cities, counties, school districts, and other local political subdivisions, and significantly altering the ability of local governments to provide essential services. All contributions raised by the Committee were used to further this exempt purpose. Program activities focused on educating the public, voters, and community stakeholders on the implications of the proposed constitutional amendment, the potential impact on local control of revenues, and the consequences for public services. These activities included the preparation and distribution of informational materials in print and digital formats; the maintenance of an informational website and social media presence; direct outreach to voters; and the sponsorship of public forums, presentations, and media communications to explain the measure and its fiscal and community impacts. Funds were also used for media and advertising campaigns to ensure broad public awareness, including radio, television, and online advertising designed to inform citizens of the risks associated with the measure and to encourage informed voting. All messaging and outreach efforts were nonpartisan, focused solely on the ballot measure at issue, and consistent with the organization's purpose as stated in its organizing document. In addition to direct public education and advocacy, the Committee used funds to cover necessary compliance and administrative expenses associated with operating a ballot measure committee and meeting federal, state, and local reporting obligations. This included legal and accounting services, campaign finance reporting to the North Dakota Secretary of State, IRS compliance activities, and other administrative costs required to maintain lawful operations in furtherance of the organization's stated purpose. Through these activities, Keep It Local worked to ensure that voters had accurate, thorough, and timely information before casting their ballots on this significant constitutional question. The Committee's efforts were limited to the 2024 election cycle and focused exclusively on this single ballot measure. Following the election, activities were concluded other than those necessary to complete all required compliance filings and close out the Committee's operations.

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

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

  $0

  Expenses

  $0

  Contributions

  $0

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,814,066

  Expenses

  $1,884,434

  Contributions

  $1,814,066

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $70,000

  Expenses

  $0

  Contributions

  $70,000

  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.

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

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

  $200,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER NORTH DAKOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

  $50,000

  2023 · MEASURE CAMPAIGN

• AARP

  $20,000

  2024 · General support

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