NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL (EIN 45-0318487)
Tax period: 2011-11-01 to 2012-10-31
Filed: 2013-03-11
IRS object ID: 201300719349300005
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-03-11T15:55:54-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-10-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-11-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	450318487	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NORT	NameControl
Phone	7012553360	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 2191	AddressLine1
City	Bismarck	City
State	ND	State
ZIP Code	585022191	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Brenna Gerhardt	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Phone	7012553360	Phone
Date Signed	2013-03-11	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Brenna Gerhardt	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 2191	AddressLine1
City	Bismarck	City
State	ND	State
ZIP Code	58502	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	621924	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.ndhumanities.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1973	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	ND	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The North Dakota Humanities Council invests in the people of North Dakota by creating and sustaining humanities programs that provide us with a better understanding of the past, a better analysis of the present, and a better vision for the future.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	4	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	15	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	622464	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	620398	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	0	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	1300	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-129	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	185	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	1405	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	5	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	623740	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	621888	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	135579	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	161383	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	237699	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	229134	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	9116	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	257684	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	231788	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	630962	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	622305	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-7222	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-417	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	442704	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	446193	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	397038	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	400944	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	45666	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	45249	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The North Dakota Humanities Council invests in the people of North Dakota by creating and sustaining humanities programs that provide us with a better understanding of the past, a better analysis of the present, and a better vision for the future.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	176142	Expense
Grants	161383	Grants
Revenue	0	Revenue
Description	HUMANITIES PROJECT GRANTS: Grants were awarded to non-profit organizations in order to support public humanities projects (such as history, language, literature, philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, archeology, comparative religion, art history & criticism, ethnic studies, social sciences, etc.). The NDHC has three types of grants available for humanities projects: quick grants ($500 or less), small grants ($3,000 or less) and large grants (greater than $3,000). The NDHC awarded 12 quick grants, 14 small grants and 14 large grants (total of 40 grants).	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	84653	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	0	Revenue
Description	ON SECOND THOUGHT MAGAZINE: The purpose of the "On Second Thought" magazine is to give the readers a humanities perspective on current issues in an entertaining and highly readable format. The NDHC published four issues during the year: the "Key Ingredients" issue, the "Sense of Place" issue, the "Four Souls" issue and the "Civil War" issue. Approximately 4,500 copies of each issue were printed and distributed to the general public free-of-charge.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	44326	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	1300	Revenue
Description	KEY INGREDIENTS EXHIBIT: The NDHC partnered with the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program to bring the "Key Ingredients" exhibit to a select group of small communities in ND. The "Key Ingredients" exhibit deals with agriculture and food from both a historical perspective and a contemporary perspective. The exhibit was hosted by five communities which offered book discussions and other local activities to compliment the exhibit.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther (7 entries)

ExpenseExpense	GrantsGrants	RevenueRevenue	DescriptionDescription
44125	0	0	NORTH DAKOTA CHAUTAUQUA
33853	0	0	DAKOTA DISCUSSIONS
32285	0	0	LOUISE ERDRICH SYMPOSIUM
21295	0	0	NORTH DAKOTA NEWSPAPER PROJECT
18325	0	0	READ NORTH DAKOTA PARTNERSHIP
4990	0	0	ND CENTER FOR THE BOOK
986	0	0	POETRY OUT LOUD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	460980	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	1	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	1	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	1	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	0	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	17	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	4	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	0	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	0	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	1	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ND Humanities Council	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	7012553360	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	418 Broadway Avenue E Suite 8	AddressLine1
City	Bismarck	City
State	ND	State
ZIP Code	585014086	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
Najla Amundson
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Barbara Andrist
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Paige Baker
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Aaron Barth
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Tayo Basquiat
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Virginia C Dambach
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Jaclynn Davis Wallette
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Tim Flakoll
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Kara Geiger
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Melissa Gjellstad
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Kate Haugen
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Kristin Hedger
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Janelle Masters
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Christopher Rausch
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Susan Wefald
Board Member	0	X	0	0	0
Brenna Gerhardt
Executive Director	48		81354	0	2381	X
Kenneth Glass
Associate Director	45		73430	0	5836	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	154784	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	8217	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns	0	FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues	0	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	0	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	0	RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants	608458	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	11940	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	0	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	620398	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Key Ingredients Exhibit Workshop Contract Fee	Description
Business Code	712110	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	1300	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1300	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	1300	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	185	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$185	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	0	Other

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	0	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Gross Sales Of Inventory	41	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	36	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	5	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	621888	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1305	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$185	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	161383	Total
Program Services	161383	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	167437	Total
Program Services	84090	ProgramServices
Management And General	80419	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2928	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	42748	Total
Program Services	35387	ProgramServices
Management And General	7361	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3000	Total
Program Services	2445	ProgramServices
Management And General	555	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15949	Total
Program Services	9004	ProgramServices
Management And General	6730	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	215	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	650	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	650	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6475	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	6475	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29332	Total
Program Services	29082	ProgramServices
Management And General	250	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2438	Total
Program Services	2348	ProgramServices
Management And General	40	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	50	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35225	Total
Program Services	22238	ProgramServices
Management And General	10159	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2828	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7682	Total
Program Services	6191	ProgramServices
Management And General	1491	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21069	Total
Program Services	11742	ProgramServices
Management And General	9327	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	53680	Total
Program Services	41970	ProgramServices
Management And General	10015	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1695	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3942	Total
Program Services	1427	ProgramServices
Management And General	1115	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1400	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11041	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	11041	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4049	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	4049	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1636	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1636	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Publications	Description
Total	53673	Total
Program Services	53673	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	896	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	896	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	622305	Total
Program Services	460980	ProgramServices
Management And General	152209	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9116	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	73633	BOY
EOY	93271	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	342610	BOY
EOY	338680	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4495	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	748	BOY
EOY	709	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4948	BOY
EOY	1400	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	37466	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	30897	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10247	BOY
EOY	6569	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6023	BOY
EOY	5564	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	442704	BOY
EOY	446193	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17519	BOY
EOY	8834	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	125958	BOY
EOY	145297	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	253561	BOY
EOY	246813	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	397038	BOY
EOY	400944	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39191	BOY
EOY	40374	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6475	BOY
EOY	4875	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	45666	BOY
EOY	45249	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	442704	BOY
EOY	446193	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-417	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	1	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	1	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	616732	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	684232	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	695686	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	622464	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	620398	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3239512	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	616732	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	684232	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	695686	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	622464	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	620398	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3239512	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	0	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	3239512	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3523	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1669	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1508	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1681	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	185	CurrentTaxYear
Total	8566	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	3248078	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	2215	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99736	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99652	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	0	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	1000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	1000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	621306	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	622306	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	118346	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	29587	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	0	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	0	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	127093	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	129017	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	119644	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	118346	CurrentYear
Total	494100	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$741,150	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	3411	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	1000	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	5289	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	1000	CurrentYear
Total	10700	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	31773	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	32254	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	29911	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	29587	CurrentYear
Total	123525	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$185,288	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	0	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	0	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	1302	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	0	CurrentYear
Total	1302	Total

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	0	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	37466	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	30897	Depreciation
Book Value	6569	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	6569	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	621888	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	622305	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-417	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	0	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Donated Services And Facilities	0	DonatedServicesAndFacilities
Investment Expenses	0	InvestmentExpenses
Prior Period Adjustments	0	PriorPeriodAdjustments
Other	$0	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	0	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-417	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	621888	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	0	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	0	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants	0	RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues	0	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	0	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	621888	RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included	0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included	0	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	621888	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	622305	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	0	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Prior Year Adjustments	0	PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported	0	LossesReported
Other Expenses Included	0	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	0	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	622305	ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included2	0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included	0	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	622305	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	1	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (8 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Amount Of Non Cash AssistanceAmountOfNonCashAssistance	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
Dickinson State University
291 Campus Drive	Dickinson	ND	58601	456002480	State of ND	11300	0	Humanities Programs
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
415 N 4th Street	Fargo	ND	58102	456010377	501(c)3	22500	0	Humanities Programs
North Dakota State University
PO Box 6050	Fargo	ND	58108	456002439	State of ND	19450	0	Humanities Programs
Pioneer Museum of McKenzie County
PO Box 126	Watford City	ND	58854	510159001	501(c)3	18000	0	Humanities Programs
Prairie Public Broadcasting
PO Box 3240	Fargo	ND	58108	450276899	501(c)3	26800	0	Humanities Programs
Sitting Bull College
9299 Hwy 24	Fort Yates	ND	58538	237373765	Tribal College	10500	0	Humanities Programs
Spirit Room
111 Broadway	Fargo	ND	58102	030522500	501(c)3	5440	0	Humanities Programs
State Historical Society of North Dakota
612 E Boulevard Avenue	Bismarck	ND	58505	456013195	State of ND	9580	0	Humanities Programs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	8	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SchI_P01_S00_L02	Identifier
Return Reference	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	The NDHC grant program is limited to nonprofit organizations; for-profit organizations and individuals are ineligible for grants. All grant applicants are required to submit a written application describing the proposed project in detail along with a budget which conforms to NDHC guidelines. Successful applicants sign a grant agreement and submit program evaluation reports and a final expenditure report to the NDHC at the end of the project. Larger grantees are subject to the audit requirements of OMB Circular A-133; any findings related to the expenditure of NDHC grant funds are required to be reported to the NDHC office for review.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0B_L11b	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The NDHC board was emailed a copy of the complete form 990 and associated schedules for their review before it was filed with the IRS.
F990_P06_S0B_L12c	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	At each meeting of the NDHC board of directors, actual and potential conflicts of interest are discussed and ruled on by the Chair before discussion and voting of grant applications takes place. Any board members deemed to have a conflict of interest are excused from the meeting during the discussion and abstain from voting on the relevent grant application. The Chair also monitors the outside activities of the Executive Director to ensure that no actual or potential conflicts of interest are taking place. Employees are required to disclose to the Executive Director any outside activities which could be considered an actual or potential conflict of interest.
F990_P06_S0B_L15	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	The compensation of the Executive Director and the Associate Director are approved annually by the NDHC Board of Directors. The NDHC Executive Committee conducts performance reviews annually and reviews the salary survey data for state humanities councils provided by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. All NDHC board actions related to compensation are recorded in the board meeting minutes. The review and approval of compensation adjustments last took place at the October 2012 NDHC Board of Directors meeting.
F990_P06_S0C_L19	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Copies of the NDHC audited financial statements are available to the general public upon request. Copies of the governing documents (articles of incorporation, bylaws, policies, etc.) are also available to the general public upon request.