TY 2020 Form 990EZ

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C Name of organization
HEDEMARKEN CEMETERY INC

Number and street (or P. O. box, if mail is not delivered to street address)26492 130TH AVE
Room/suite

City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code FERGUS FALLS, MN56537

D Employer identification number

43-1977991

E Telephone number

(218) 731-0240

F Group Exemption
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Part ⅢStatement of Program Service Accomplishments (see the instructions for Part III) Check if the organization used Schedule O to respond to any question in this Part III . .	Expenses (Required for section 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations; optional for others.)
What is the organization's primary exempt purpose? OUR ONLY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THE HEDEMARKEN CHURCH BUILDING AND FOR THE CEMETERY.
Describe the organization’s program service accomplishments for each of its three largest program services, as measured by expenses. In a clear and concise manner, describe the services provided, the number of persons benefited, and other relevant information for each program title.
28 THE YEAR 2020 TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY UNUSUAL YEAR, TO SAY THE LEAST. STILL, OUR ONLY SERVICE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THE CEMETERY AT HEDEMARKEN LUTHERAN CHURCH. WE ARE A SMALL CONGREGATION SO PHONE CALLS AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS DID SUFFICE IN GETTING THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR TAKEN CARE OF. THE TRUSTEES DID GET TOGETHER IN MAY FOR A CLEANUP DAY. WE PICKED UP BRANCHES AND FILLED DIRT WHERE NEEDED, TO MAKE SURE THE CEMETERY LOOKS GREAT. IT ONLY TOOK ONE DAY SO ALL OUR TIME WAS DONATED. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE CHURCH WAS CLOSED FOR THE YEAR. FUNERALS WERE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND MEETINGS WERE HELD ELSEWHERE. WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING CLOSING THE CHURCH FOR GOOD THIS WINTER AS IT COST 5,057 IN EXPENSES IN 2020. BUT THE CEMETERY IS THERE FOREVER. (Grants $ ) If this amount includes foreign grants, check here ...			28a	9,332
29 WE HAD 2 MAJOR FUNERALS IN 2019, WHICH RESULTED IN MEMORIALS AND DONATIONS OF 4,042. WE ALSO SOLD TWO CEMETERY LOTS TO NON-MEMBERS FOR 600. OUR INVESTMENTS TOOK AN INITIAL HIT IN THE BEGINNING OF 2020, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR RECOVERED TO MAKE A GAIN OF 6,486. WE ALSO HAD TO TRANSFER 8,000 FROM OUR INVESTMENTS TO CHECKING TO COVER EXPENSES AND KEEP ENOUGH IN CHECKING TO KEEP FROM GETTING CHARGED A SERVICE FEE. (Grants $ ) If this amount includes foreign grants, check here ...			29a
30 (Grants $ ) If this amount includes foreign grants, check here ...			30a
31 Other program services (describe in Schedule O) ................ (Grants $ ) If this amount includes foreign grants, check here...	31a
32 Total program service expenses (add lines 28a through 31a)..........	32	9,332

(a) Name and title	(b) Average hours per week devoted to position	(c) Reportable compensation (Forms W-2/1099-MISC) (if not paid, enter -0-)	(d) Health benefits, contributions to employee benefit plans, and deferred compensation	(e) Estimated amount of other compensation
PETER FJESTAD CHAIRMAN	1.00	0
JOHN SETHRE SECRETARY	1.00	0
LARRY FJESTAD TREASURER	1.00	0
STEVE STENERSON TRUSTEE	0.50	0
GORDON FJESTAD TRUSTEE	0.50	0
GARY HEXUM TRUSTEE	0.50	0

Yes

Did the organization engage in lobbying activities or have a section 501(h) election in effect during the tax year? If "Yes," complete Schedule C, Part II .......................

Is the organization a school as described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)? If "Yes," complete Schedule E ..

49a

Did the organization make any transfers to an exempt non-charitable related organization?......

49a

If "Yes," was the related organization a section 527 organization?................

49b

Complete this table for the organization's five highest compensated employees (other than officers, directors, trustees and key employees) who each received more than $100,000 of compensation from the organization. If there is none, enter "None."

(a) Name and title of each employee	(b) Average hours per week devoted to position	(c) Reportable compensation (Forms W-2/1099-MISC)	(d) Health benefits, contributions to employee benefit plans, and deferred compensation	(e) Estimated amount of other compensation

Total number of other employees paid over $100,000 ............. bullet

Complete this table for the organization's five highest compensated independent contractors who each received more than $100,000 of compensation from the organization. If there is none, enter "None."

(a) Name and business address of each independent contractor	(b) Type of service	(c) Compensation

Return Reference	Explanation
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES 2,576 TOTAL 2,576
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	OUR ONLY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THE HEDEMARKEN CHURCH BUILDING AND FOR THE CEMETERY.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	THE YEAR 2020 TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY UNUSUAL YEAR, TO SAY THE LEAST. STILL, OUR ONLY SERVICE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THE CEMETERY AT HEDEMARKEN LUTHERAN CHURCH. WE ARE A SMALL CONGREGATION SO PHONE CALLS AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS DID SUFFICE IN GETTING THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR TAKEN CARE OF. THE TRUSTEES DID GET TOGETHER IN MAY FOR A CLEANUP DAY. WE PICKED UP BRANCHES AND FILLED DIRT WHERE NEEDED, TO MAKE SURE THE CEMETERY LOOKS GREAT. IT ONLY TOOK ONE DAY SO ALL OUR TIME WAS DONATED. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE CHURCH WAS CLOSED FOR THE YEAR. FUNERALS WERE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND MEETINGS WERE HELD ELSEWHERE. WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING CLOSING THE CHURCH FOR GOOD THIS WINTER AS IT COST 5,057 IN EXPENSES IN 2020. BUT THE CEMETERY IS THERE FOREVER.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29	WE HAD 2 MAJOR FUNERALS IN 2019, WHICH RESULTED IN MEMORIALS AND DONATIONS OF 4,042. WE ALSO SOLD TWO CEMETERY LOTS TO NON-MEMBERS FOR 600. OUR INVESTMENTS TOOK AN INITIAL HIT IN THE BEGINNING OF 2020, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR RECOVERED TO MAKE A GAIN OF 6,486. WE ALSO HAD TO TRANSFER 8,000 FROM OUR INVESTMENTS TO CHECKING TO COVER EXPENSES AND KEEP ENOUGH IN CHECKING TO KEEP FROM GETTING CHARGED A SERVICE FEE.

Return Reference

Explanation

FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16

EXPENSES 2,576 TOTAL 2,576

FORM 990-EZ, PART III

OUR ONLY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THE HEDEMARKEN CHURCH BUILDING AND FOR THE CEMETERY.

FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28

THE YEAR 2020 TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY UNUSUAL YEAR, TO SAY THE LEAST. STILL, OUR ONLY SERVICE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THE CEMETERY AT HEDEMARKEN LUTHERAN CHURCH. WE ARE A SMALL CONGREGATION SO PHONE CALLS AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS DID SUFFICE IN GETTING THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR TAKEN CARE OF. THE TRUSTEES DID GET TOGETHER IN MAY FOR A CLEANUP DAY. WE PICKED UP BRANCHES AND FILLED DIRT WHERE NEEDED, TO MAKE SURE THE CEMETERY LOOKS GREAT. IT ONLY TOOK ONE DAY SO ALL OUR TIME WAS DONATED. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE CHURCH WAS CLOSED FOR THE YEAR. FUNERALS WERE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND MEETINGS WERE HELD ELSEWHERE. WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING CLOSING THE CHURCH FOR GOOD THIS WINTER AS IT COST 5,057 IN EXPENSES IN 2020. BUT THE CEMETERY IS THERE FOREVER.

FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29

WE HAD 2 MAJOR FUNERALS IN 2019, WHICH RESULTED IN MEMORIALS AND DONATIONS OF 4,042. WE ALSO SOLD TWO CEMETERY LOTS TO NON-MEMBERS FOR 600. OUR INVESTMENTS TOOK AN INITIAL HIT IN THE BEGINNING OF 2020, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR RECOVERED TO MAKE A GAIN OF 6,486. WE ALSO HAD TO TRANSFER 8,000 FROM OUR INVESTMENTS TO CHECKING TO COVER EXPENSES AND KEEP ENOUGH IN CHECKING TO KEEP FROM GETTING CHARGED A SERVICE FEE.

Person Name	Explanation
PETER FJESTAD
JOHN SETHRE
LARRY FJESTAD
STEVE STENERSON
GORDON FJESTAD
GARY HEXUM

Person Name

Explanation

PETER FJESTAD

JOHN SETHRE

LARRY FJESTAD

STEVE STENERSON

GORDON FJESTAD

GARY HEXUM

1	Contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts received ....................	1	4,042
2	Program service revenue including government fees and contracts ................	2	600
3	Membership dues and assessments .............................	3
4	Investment income ....................................	4	6,486
5a	Gross amount from sale of assets other than inventory .......	5a
b	Less: cost or other basis and sales expenses ............	5b
c	Gain or (loss) from sale of assets other than inventory (Subtract line 5b from line 5a) ......	5c
6	Gaming and fundraising events
a	Gross income from gaming (attach Schedule G if greater than $15,000)	6a
b	Gross income from fundraising events (not including $ of contributions from fundraising events reported on line 1) (attach Schedule G if the			sum of such gross income and contributions exceeds $15,000) ..	6b
c	Less: direct expenses from gaming and fundraising events ...	6c
d	Net income or (loss) from gaming and fundraising events (add lines 6a and 6b and subtract line 6c)	6d
7a	Gross sales of inventory, less returns and allowances ......	7a
b	Less: cost of goods sold .............	7b
c	Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory (Subtract line 7b from line 7a) .........	7c
8	Other revenue (describe in Schedule O) ....................	8
9	Total revenue. Add lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5c, 6d, 7c, and 8 ..............	9	11,128

10	Grants and similar amounts paid (list in Schedule O) ................	10
11	Benefits paid to or for members ......................	11
12	Salaries, other compensation, and employee benefits ................	12
13	Professional fees and other payments to independent contractors ............	13
14	Occupancy, rent, utilities, and maintenance ...................	14	6,756
15	Printing, publications, postage, and shipping ...................	15
16	Other expenses (describe in Schedule O) ...................	16	2,576
17	Total expenses. Add lines 10 through 16 .................	17	9,332

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18	Excess or (deficit) for the year (Subtract line 17 from line 9) ............	18	1,796
19	Net assets or fund balances at beginning of year (from line 27, column (A)) (must agree with
	end-of-year figure reported on prior year’s return) .................	19	252,653
20	Other changes in net assets or fund balances (explain in Schedule O) ...........	20
21	Net assets or fund balances at end of year. Combine lines 18 through 20 ..........	21	254,449

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