Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any unusual grants.) .... | 40,338 | 233,083 | 500,638 | 774,059 | ||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 0 | 0 | 40,338 | 233,083 | 500,638 | 774,059 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 774,059 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 0 | 0 | 40,338 | 233,083 | 500,638 | 774,059 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 0 | 0 | 565 | 565 | ||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10. | 775,068 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2015 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2015 |
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Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2015 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015: | ||||
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| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2010 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2015 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2015, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2015. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2016. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| b | ||||
| c Excess from 2013....... | ||||
| d From 2014....... | ||||
| e From 2015....... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 15000352 |
| Software Version: | v1.00 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Header, Line B | Specifically being amended are the following entries: **properly disclosing program service accomplishments at Part III Lines 4a and 4b **providing answers to Part V lines 7a, 7c-7f **correcting answers with respect to multiple Part VI lines: number of independent Board members (correcting line 1b); disclosing marital relationships amongst TDOKEs (correcting line 2); noting absence of voting membership (correcting lines 6a/7); noting here that the Board did not see complete copy of originally-filed Form 990 prior to filing (that filed return's Part VI, line 11a was answered incorrectly) BUT this amended return correctly answers yes (for this filing); and noting organization had a conflict of interest policy from inception (and same had been included with filer's exemption application; correcting line 12a) **disclosing as Officer individual who served as Executive Director in Part VII, Section A **correcting amount of contributions received (original filing's balance sheet misreported temporarily restricted contribution as "deferred revenue" in violation of generally accepted account principles) **making other corrections to financial statements at Parts VIII, IX and X **denoting financial statements were subject of CPA review (this re Part XII line 2a) **correcting Schedule A, Part II's 2015 entries **correcting scribing error on page 1 of Schedule B and contribution amount on Schedule B's Part I, line 2 **adding Schedule L (as required due to amendments to Part X, lines 5 and 22). ||||||||| The entirety of these changes were required to undo errors prior paid-preparer made due to misunderstanding of Form 990 reporting and nonprofit accounting conventions. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 2 | The organization's activities were initiated in November 2014, a month prior to the 501(c)(3) determination letter being received; accordingly, its first 7 full months of operations (reported on the 2014 Form 990) were focused largely on administrative tasks including program planning. In the year now reported upon, the organization initiated programming (workshops and other educational formats related to the planting, growing, and harvesting of locally-and sustainably- produced agricultural products, as well as preparation/cooking techniques for those products, especially for geographically indigenous heritage varieties whose production has been lost. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1b | Line 1b denotes 3 "independent Board members" in acknowledgement BOTH of the organization's landlord-renter relationship with Resilient Northern Habitats, an LLC owned by Kari Wenger and Peter Henry, and with respect to amounts for outstanding rent as well as amounts due to be reimbursed for supplies purchased for organization by said LLC (or by Wenger or Henry) at yearend (all due with -0-% interest) per disclosure reported on Schedule L, Part II. (Note: amounts paid or incurred in year for rents to Resilient Northern Habitats totaled $9,000, which is below the Schedule L, Part IV reporting threshold, but same is subsumed in loan amount shown on Schedule L, Part II which would moot Part IV disclosure in any case.) |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 | Kari Wenger and Peter Henry are married as are Sylvia Burgos-Toftness and David Toftness. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 | Christina Midtling was an officer/employee of Bremer Bank's branch in Amery, WI when she served on the organization's Board. Kristin Lee-Charlson, the organization's Executive Director, is no longer involved with the organization. Both of these individuals' contact info is not available to the organization |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | The organization's outside tax counsel prepared this amended Form with the assistance of taxpayer's Vice President and 2017-contracted outside accountant; a draft was shared with the Board on November 8, 2017 and the final was reviewed with all Board members on April 18, 2018 just prior to filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c | The organization did not pay for any goods or services (aside from occupancy of offices and training center and exhibit hall space at a documented "less than fair market value" rate, which in this year amounted to total rents paid of $9,000) provided by the founding incorporators (and Board members), Peter Henry and Kari Wenger, or enterprises connected to them. Aside from the occupancy addressed in the prior sentence, no exchange of goods or services occurred with any Board members, their family members, or with 35%-controlled entities except in the case of these parties providing goods on a donated basis or volunteering their time. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | Executive Director's received cash compensation but no benefits. Same was set by the Board after reviewing geographically-aligned nonprofit organization's salaries from the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits' annual salary survey. This was done when the then-Executive Director was in the process of being hired in 2015. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | These documents are only available either through the exemption application or Form 990 public inspection copies OR via the State of WI's filings. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g | Program instructors and teachers ($5,650, 100% program); program entertainment ($500, 100% program); payroll processing ($929 program, $691 management); other outside contractors ($6,937 program, $5,576 management) |
| Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 | Rounding error |
| Software ID: | 15000352 |
| Software Version: | v1.00 |