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NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION

EIN 45-0457574 JAMESTOWN, ND

Revenue 2024
$198,163
Expenses 2024
$165,767

Program services were 99.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S32
Classification
1000
Street
1415 12TH AVE SE

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

THE NDFU FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2000 TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FARMERS UNION'S RENOWNED YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT, SUSTAINABLE FUND FOR NDFU'S YOUTH PROGRAM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE RAISING THE BAR FOR THE ARTS PROJECT TO EXPAND THE FACILITY AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOUTH AND ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING YOUTH EDUCATION.RED RIVER CHDO. FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO RED RIVER COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE WALSH COUNTY CHILDCARE CENTER PROJECT IN GRAFTON, ND. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION PURPOSE TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, RESEARCH INITIATES TO ENHANCE RURAL LIFE, AND RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $10,744 · Grants $10,744

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED DSU HERITAGE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STUDIES RENOVATION PROJECT. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION PURPOSE TO PROVIDE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

    Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

  • FUNDING CONTRIBUTED TO ND FARMERS UNION TO CARRY OUT A YOUTH CAMPING PROGRAM AND DAY CLASSES. THIS CAMPING PROGRAM AND DAY CLASSES TEACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE FORM OF BUSINESS.

    Expenses $129,187 · Grants $129,187

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.

  • BENJAMIN VIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $22,425
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $22,425
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • JON IVERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $20,806
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $20,806
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • MARK WATNE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $597,298
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $586,948
    Other
    $10,350
    Hours/week
    1 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $586,948 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $597,298 related

  • MICHELLE ZIESCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $23,958
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $23,958
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • ROBERT FINKEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $26,812
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $26,812
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • ROBERT KUYLEN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $37,673
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $37,673
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • SHANE SICKLER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $28,066
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $28,066
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • TYLER STAFSLIEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,975
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $13,975
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • WESLEY NIEDERMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $21,084
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $21,084
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

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
    $198,163
    Expenses
    $165,767
    Contributions
    $157,631
    Grants paid
    $164,931
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $507,249
    Expenses
    $458,317
    Contributions
    $473,395
    Grants paid
    $457,874
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $268,626
    Expenses
    $246,615
    Contributions
    $242,706
    Grants paid
    $245,694

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
    $297,826
    Expenses
    $291,279
    Assets (EOY)
    $258,278

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,061,935
    Expenses
    $2,050,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $251,731

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $34,249
    Expenses
    $6,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $240,513

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $41,545
    Expenses
    $14,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,144

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $31,547
    Expenses
    $5,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $191,288

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $20,682
    Expenses
    $5,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $160,515

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $98,379
    Expenses
    $68,289
    Assets (EOY)
    $145,287

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $25,387
    Expenses
    $3,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,197

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $54,494
    Expenses
    $7,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,937

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $3,252
    Expenses
    $6,650
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,459

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

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Grants received

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.