Coles County Farm Bureau

Not tax-deductible

Charleston, IL501(c)(5)EIN 37-0223410Revenue $269K in FY2025

On file with the IRS719 W Lincoln Ave, 61920-2425 · Charleston, ILTax-exempt since Oct 1951

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The organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors whose mission is to promote a more profitable and more productive and more permanent system of agriculture in Coles County, to encourage the dissemination of agricultural information, and to develop and promote the spirit of cooperation among agricultural interests and to encourage the establishment and maintenance of community, social and economic fraternity among agriculturally interested parties.

Run by 35 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
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 $17K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$38K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $110K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$16K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$269K
+23% vs prior year
Spent
$191K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$632K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$269K
FY2025▲ +23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$129K
FY2021$138K
FY2022$160K
FY2023$195K
FY2024$218K
FY2025$269K
Expenses
$191K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$142K
FY2021$149K
FY2022$168K
FY2023$172K
FY2024$183K
FY2025$191K
Net assets
$632K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$494K
FY2021$504K
FY2022$481K
FY2023$507K
FY2024$549K
FY2025$632K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 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 Oct 1951.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $38K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$38,465Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristin Iverson$38,465$34,013$13,314———
Tonya Eich———$36,337$35,461$18,672

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

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes profitable, permanent agriculture and cooperation among farmers in Coles County.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Coles county farm bureau provides the administration and support services for the organization's approximately 1,300 members. The organization conducts activities to promote agriculture and provides specific agricultural support services.

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$110K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$269K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$146K
Investment incomeLn 3$61K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$33K
Money outPt IX
$191K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$632K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$83K
Total assetsLn 16$648K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$146K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$33K
Investment incomeLn 3$61K
Other incomeLn 4–11$28K
Total revenueLn 12$269K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$83K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$83K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$378K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$170K
Total assetsLn 16$648K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
Net assetsLn 32$632K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$94K$83K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$286K$378K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$177K$170K
Total assetsLn 16$573K$648K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K$16K
Net assetsLn 32$549K$632K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$391
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$30K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K
Office expensesLn 13$6K
OccupancyLn 16$11K
TravelLn 17$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K
InsuranceLn 23$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$44K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$191K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $269K$191K$77K$632K 990 PDF
FY2024 $218K$183K$35K$549K 990 PDF
FY2023 $195K$172K$23K$507K 990 PDF
FY2022 $160K$168K−$8K$481K 990 PDF
FY2021 $138K$149K−$11K$504K 990 PDF
FY2020 $129K$142K−$13K$494K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $268,639 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $93,132$146,371
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $39,496$32,876
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $57,478$61,076
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $27,910$28,316
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $218,016$268,639
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $253$391
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $94,910$94,256
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $88,000$96,772
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $183,163$191,419
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $34,853$77,220
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $268,639 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$30 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$146,371
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$146,371
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $32,876$32,876
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $61,076$61,076
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $1,454$1,454
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $4,385$4,385
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $4,711 · Unrelated business $17,796$22,507
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $37,587 · Unrelated business $17,766 · Excluded from tax $66,915$268,639
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $191,419 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$391
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$45,387
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$30,415
IX-9 Other employee benefits$12,796
IX-10 Payroll taxes$5,658
IX-11c Accounting fees$10,287
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$6,645
IX-13 Office expenses$5,808
IX-16 Occupancy$11,015
IX-17 Travel$2,856
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$7,869
IX-23 Insurance$1,650
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$44,261
IX-24e All other expenses$6,381
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$191,419
Part X · Balance sheet $648,348 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $94,100$83,234
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $10,300$10,073
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,131$7,012
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $177,068$170,147
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $78,713$85,854
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $206,872$292,028
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $573,184$648,348
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,407$1,681
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $17,070$14,740
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $24,477$16,421
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $548,707$631,927
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $548,707$631,927
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $573,184$648,348
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $631,927 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$268,639
XI-2 Total expenses$191,419
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$77,220
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$548,707
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,000
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$631,927

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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