FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B99

Classification

1000

Street

305 ROSELAWN AVE E STE 200

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Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION

  EIN 41-0708297

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION (MFU) FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN 1958, ADVANCES THE MISSION OF MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION BY PROMOTING EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE-RESILIENT FARMING, AND LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM STRENGTH. THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT SPANS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, AND CLIMATE INNOVATION, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FARMERS, CONSUMERS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS MINNESOTA. THE FOUNDATION HAS EXPANDED AGRICULTURAL LITERACY AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND INITIATIVES LIKE MINNESOTA COOKS, WHICH CONNECTS LOCAL FARMERS AND CHEFS WHILE SHOWCASING MINNESOTA-GROWN FOOD IN ITS ANNUAL CALENDAR. TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, MFU CREATED THE MINNESOTA FOODSHED PLATFORM TO CONNECT PRODUCERS AND BUYERS AND PARTNERED WITH RIDGEWATER AND CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGES TO ESTABLISH MEAT CUTTING & BUTCHERY PROGRAMS. ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A USDA-INSPECTED REGIONAL MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY IN STAPLES, MN AIMS TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND KEEP MORE VALUE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. MFU'S CLIMATE & WORKING LANDS PROGRAM HELPS FARMERS ADAPT TO AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION. INITIATIVES INCLUDE A GREEN AMMONIA PILOT CONVERTING WIND ENERGY INTO LOW-CARBON FERTILIZER, THE CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING FARMER-LED CLIMATE INITIATIVES, AND THE MINNESOTA WORKING GROUP FOR CLIMATE-SMART COMMODITIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES PRACTICAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE FARMERS' GUIDES TO CARBON MARKETS AND SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY, AND PARTNERS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND AGENCIES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. FOR OVER EIGHT DECADES, MFU'S LEADERSHIP CAMP PROGRAM HAS EMPOWERED YOUTH AGES 8-18 WITH COOPERATIVE EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND AGRICULTURAL AWARENESS, PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS. ACROSS ALL ITS INITIATIVES-FROM EDUCATION AND PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CLIMATE ACTION-THE MFU FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO BUILD A FAIRER, MORE RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY THAT EMPOWERS FARMERS, ENGAGES YOUTH, AND SUSTAINS MINNESOTA'S RURAL COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $915,327 · Grants $138,604 · Revenue $68,855

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.

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

  $2,692,943

  Expenses

  $966,824

  Contributions

  $2,553,981

  Grants paid

  $138,604

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,303,719

  Expenses

  $759,757

  Contributions

  $1,214,185

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,928,557

  Expenses

  $488,945

  Contributions

  $2,812,720

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,054,424

  Expenses

  $444,214

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,217,579

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $349,723

  Expenses

  $347,802

  Assets (EOY)

  $627,409

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $446,488

  Expenses

  $443,794

  Assets (EOY)

  $786,232

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $467,692

  Expenses

  $377,482

  Assets (EOY)

  $856,289

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $335,135

  Expenses

  $335,889

  Assets (EOY)

  $758,495

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $400,635

  Expenses

  $387,758

  Assets (EOY)

  $817,123

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $301,867

  Expenses

  $259,118

  Assets (EOY)

  $683,953

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $220,938

  Assets (EOY)

  $619,575

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

• GET BENTZ FARM & SALT OF THE NORTH

  $30,000

  2024 · CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE

• EAST CENTRAL LIVESTOCK

  $30,000

  2024 · CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE

• SUMMER KITCHEN COOPERATIVE

  $30,000

  2024 · CO-OPS FOR CLIMATE

• ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

  $20,000

  2024 · ANTITRUST FELLOWSHIP

• FARMERS' LEGAL ACTION GROUP

  $15,000

  2024 · ANTITRUST FELLOWSHIP

• VARIOUS 5000 EACH

  $13,604

  2024

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $1,230,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE & FOOD

• MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION

  $100,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION

  $100,000

  2022 · EDUCATION

• MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION

  $100,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $55,000

  2024 · Education

• THE CORPS NETWORK

  $20,736

  2024 · PRGM SUPPORT

• FARM AID INC

  $9,000

  2023 · GROWING THE GOOD FOOD MOVEMENT

• GREEN VIEW INCORPORATED

  $5,000

  2023 · Building/Equipment

• GREEN VIEW INCORPORATED

  $5,000

  2022 · Building/Equipment

• AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  $0

  2022 · CHARITABLE PURPOSES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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