M STATE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI

EIN 36-3366589 MOORHEAD, MN

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Revenue 2024: $611,120
Expenses 2024: $605,204

Program services were 84.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: 1900 28TH AVE S

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 M STATE FOUNDATION EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF M STATE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP CREATE A SUCCESS STORY FOR EVERY M STATE STUDENT. OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS LEARNING BY INVESTING IN THE KEY PRIORITIES THAT PRESENT THE GREATEST IMPACT AND GROWTH OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS WE SERVE.

PROVIDED 146 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR M STATE STUDENTS ON THE DETROIT LAKES, MOORHEAD AND WADENA CAMPUSES.

Expenses $512,918 · Grants $487,897

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.

Robert BesemanROBERT BESEMAN

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Medley ShampMEDLEY SHAMP

VICE PRESIDE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Kyle NylanderKYLE NYLANDER

TREASURER/SE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Chloe WesslerCHLOE WESSLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Loren HaagensonLOREN HAAGENSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Jill BrandtJILL BRANDT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Josh AstrupJOSH ASTRUP

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Melissa LageMELISSA LAGE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Sabrina KemmerSABRINA KEMMER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Anthony StensgardANTHONY STENSGARD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Wally SenykWALLY SENYK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Melissa WatsonMELISSA WATSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Leann MouwLEANN MOUW

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$85,982

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$85,982

Other

$0
Melvin Whitney JrMELVIN WHITNEY JR

FOUNDATION D

Total calculated

$36,575

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$36,575

Other

$0

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

2024

Revenue

$611,120

Expenses

$605,204

Contributions

$535,651

Grants paid

$487,897
2023

Revenue

$488,913

Expenses

$358,276

Contributions

$380,925

Grants paid

$314,451
2022

Revenue

$467,835

Expenses

$453,819

Contributions

$422,868

Grants paid

$228,366

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$611,120	$605,204	$535,651	$487,897
2023	$488,913	$358,276	$380,925	$314,451
2022	$467,835	$453,819	$422,868	$228,366

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

$522,068

Expenses

$672,280

Assets (EOY)

$1,015,063
2020 · 990

Revenue

$333,219

Expenses

$427,953

Assets (EOY)

$1,159,337
2019 · 990

Revenue

$445,522

Expenses

$587,805

Assets (EOY)

$1,016,549
2018 · 990

Revenue

$520,021

Expenses

$779,523

Assets (EOY)

$985,742
2015 · 990

Revenue

$577,308

Expenses

$529,424

Assets (EOY)

$430,857
2014 · 990

Revenue

$449,271

Expenses

$328,214

Assets (EOY)

$382,973
2013 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$195,695

Expenses

$234,082

Assets (EOY)

$256,525

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$522,068	$672,280	$1,015,063
2020	990	$333,219	$427,953	$1,159,337
2019	990	$445,522	$587,805	$1,016,549
2018	990	$520,021	$779,523	$985,742
2015	990	$577,308	$529,424	$430,857
2014	990	$449,271	$328,214	$382,973
2013	990-EZ	$195,695	$234,082	$256,525

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

TRI COLLEGE UNIVERSITY

$102,549

2024 GENERAL ASSISTANCE
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$19,625

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$10,000

2023 CHARITABLE DONATION
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$10,000

2022 CHARITABLE DONATION
MINNESOTA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

$6,500

2022 Scholarships
GREAT PLAINS FOOD BANK

$0

2023 To provide food pantries with food to distribute to individuals
GREAT PLAINS FOOD BANK

$0

2024 To provide food pantries with food to distribute to individuals

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

M ST COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE

GOV · EDUCATION · MN

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 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.