Governors Heritage Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 33-1550085)

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2025.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

100%

Program services 100% · $17K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Greg Tehven

Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gretchen Stenehjem

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shane Goettle

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erika Kenner

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kjersti Armstrong

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promote statewide charities through awareness, advocacy, and fundraising.

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1 program · $17K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

The purpose of the Governor's Heritage Foundation is to create awareness, advocacy, and raise funds for statewide charitable efforts who improve the everyday lives of North Dakotans. The foundation will honor and celebrate the efforts of the executive branch of the State of North Dakota.In 2024 the organization raised funds for the…

$17Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

The Halverson Family FoundationFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$513K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$513K

Money outPt IX

$17K

Ln 25

Programscol B$17K

Owns and owesPt X

$496K

net assets · Ln 32

Total assetsLn 16$513K

LiabilitiesLn 26$17K

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$513K

Total revenueLn 12$513K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

Total assetsLn 16$513K

LiabilitiesLn 26$17K

Net assetsLn 32$496K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 66

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Total assetsLn 16	$0	$513K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$17K
Net assetsLn 32	$0	$496K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$17K	$17K
All other expensesLn 24e	$40	$40
Total functional expensesLn 25	$17K	$17K	$0	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$513K	$17K	$496K	$496K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $513,044 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grants$513,044

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenue$513,044

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$0

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expenses$16,785

I-18 Total expenses$16,785

I-19 Revenue less expenses$496,259

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $513,044 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$513,044

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$513,044

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$513,044

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $16,785 across 2 lines filed

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,745$16,745

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $40$40

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $16,785 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$16,785

Part X · Balance sheet $513,044 assets, 7 lines filed

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$513,044

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$513,044

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$16,785

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$16,785

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictions$496,259

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$496,259

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$513,044

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $496,259 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$513,044

XI-2 Total expenses$16,785

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$496,259

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$496,259

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Governors Heritage Foundation

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Governors Heritage Foundation

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV