The Farm Bureau is organized to promote marketing of agricultural products and to provide educational and social activities for its members in Whiteside County, Illinois.

Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(5)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $8K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $86K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$48K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$270K
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$234K
Net assets
$444K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$270K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$213K
FY2021$205K
FY2022$213K
FY2023$213K
FY2024$245K
FY2025$270K
Expenses
$234K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$206K
FY2021$212K
FY2022$216K
FY2023$226K
FY2024$217K
FY2025$234K
Net assets
$444K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$411K
FY2021$426K
FY2022$401K
FY2023$392K
FY2024$407K
FY2025$444K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in 0000.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021
Donald Temple$237$114
James Friedrichs$208$136
Reid Johnson$157$134
Paul Kane$115$62
Matt Wagenecht$87—
Gabrielle McCormick$72—
Jeremy Geerts$28$47
Doug Kuehl$32$23

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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

Programs and updates

Promotes farm product marketing and offers educational and social events for members.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The Whiteside County Farm Bureau provides as its main program agricultural related educational and social events for its members and the local community. In addition, periodic member publications keep the members informed of the organizations activities.

Pt IX · col B

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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$86K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$270K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$149K
Other incomeLn 4–11$118K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$234K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$444K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$187K
Total assetsLn 16$491K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$149K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$118K
Total revenueLn 12$270K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$123K
SavingsLn 2$64K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$187K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$284K
Other assetsLn 15$268
Total assetsLn 16$491K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K
Net assetsLn 32$444K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$113K$187K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$310K$284K
Total assetsLn 16$442K$491K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K$48K
Net assetsLn 32$407K$444K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K
Management feesLn 11a$68K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K
Office expensesLn 13$16K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$14K
TravelLn 17$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K
InterestLn 20$230
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$26K
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$34K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$234K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $270K$234K$37K$444K 990 PDF
FY2024 $245K$217K$28K$407K 990 PDF
FY2023 $213K$226K−$13K$392K 990 PDF
FY2022 $213K$216K−$3K$401K 990 PDF
FY2021 $205K$212K−$6K$426K 990 PDF
FY2020 $213K$206K$7K$411K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $270,244 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $100,047$149,355
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $26,131$2,558
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $119,257$118,331
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $245,435$270,244
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $28,380$27,434
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $189,076$206,174
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $217,456$233,608
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $27,979$36,636
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $270,244 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $84 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$60,133
VIII-1d Related organizations$89,222
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$149,355
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,558$2,558
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $93,684$93,684
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss−$10,332
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $33,654$34,895
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $93,684 · Unrelated business $33,738 · Excluded from tax $2,558$270,244
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $233,608 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$2,113
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$3,865
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$14,628
IX-10 Payroll taxes$6,828
IX-11a Management fees$67,522
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$31,977
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$6,216
IX-13 Office expenses$15,935
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$14,100
IX-17 Travel$5,774
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$4,510
IX-20 Interest$230
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$25,829
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$34,081
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expenses$233,608
Part X · Balance sheet $491,395 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $50,638$122,801
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $61,958$64,036
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $12,493$12,667
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $286$131
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,393$7,156
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $310,167$284,336
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $268$268
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $442,203$491,395
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,846$5,797
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $18,737$32,069
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,384$9,657
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $34,967$47,523
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $407,236$443,872
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $407,236$443,872
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $442,203$491,395
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $443,872 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$270,244
XI-2 Total expenses$233,608
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$36,636
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$407,236
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$443,872

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