MERJENT FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990PF · revenue $27K · expenses $41K · assets $84K

EIN
83-1623599
Address
1 SE MAIN ST STE 300, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55414-1058
Website
WWW.MERJENTFOUNDATION.ORG
NTEE code
T21
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
October 2018 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 18 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

18 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Kari Krause PRESIDENT2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Melissa Dellwo SECRETARY2019-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Jessica Caruso TREASURER2023-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Scott Beard BOARD MEMBER2023-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Brian Fox BOARD MEMBER2024-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Becky Reinert BOARD MEMBER2024-2025 0 $0 reported 1
William Harding BOARD MEMBER2025 0 $0 reported 1
Valerie Jones BOARD MEMBER2025 0 $0 reported 1
Katie Unke Ehrenberg BOARD MEMBER2025 0 $0 reported 1
Bill Harding (former) BOARD MEMBER2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Lacy Lepisto (former) BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Mark Cline (former) BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Sara Romdenne (former) TREASURER2019-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Mike Madsen (former) BOARD MEMBER2021-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Christina Prezler (former) BOARD MEMBER2019-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Analiese Genthe (former) BOARD MEMBER2021 0 $0 reported 1
Lucas Bicknell (former) BOARD MEMBER2019-2020 0 $0 reported 1
Jameson Loesch (former) BOARD MEMBER2019-2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KARI KRAUSE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA DELLWO SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
JESSICA CARUSO TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
WILLIAM HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BRIAN FOX BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BECKY REINERT BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
VALERIE JONES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
KATIE UNKE EHRENBERG BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
SCOTT BEARD BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KARI KRAUSE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA DELLWO SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
JESSICA CARUSO TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
BILL HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
SCOTT BEARD BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
LACY LEPISTO BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MARK CLINE BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BRIAN FOX BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BECKY REINERT BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELISSA DELLWO PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
KARI KRAUSE SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
JESSICA CARUSO TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
BILL HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
LACY LEPISTO BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MARK CLINE BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
SCOTT BEARD BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARA ROMDENNE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA DELLWO PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
KARI KRAUSE SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
BILL HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE MADSEN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTINA PREZLER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARA ROMDENNE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA DELLWO PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
KARI KRAUSE SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
BILL HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE MADSEN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTINA PREZLER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ANALIESE GENTHE BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARA ROMDENNE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA DELLWO PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
KARI KRAUSE SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
BILL HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
LUCAS BICKNELL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTINA PREZLER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JAMESON LOESCH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SARA ROMDENNE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01
MELISSA DELLWO PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
KARI KRAUSE SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $01
BILL HARDING BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
LUCAS BICKNELL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
CHRISTINA PREZLER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JAMESON LOESCH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 18 grants to individuals · $40K
2024 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 11 grants to individuals · $40K
2023 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 14 grants to individuals · $40K
2022 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 17 grants to individuals · $52K
2021 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 8 grants to individuals · $24K
2020 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 19 grants to individuals · $24K
2019 · 0 grants to organizations · $0 · 11 grants to individuals · $9K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2025 · 1 contributor · $26K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $26,265- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing
2024 · 1 contributor · $40K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $40,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2023 · 1 contributor · $68K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $68,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2022 · 1 contributor · $80K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $80,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2021 · 1 contributor · $7K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $7,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2020 · 1 contributor · $50K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $49,999- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
2019 · 1 contributor · $47K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MERJENT INC Organization or other MINNEAPOLIS, MN $46,855- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2019 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$27,095$41,403 $83,652$83,652 $27,015- ---
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$41,500$43,275 $97,960$97,960 $41,500- ---
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,000$41,350 $99,735$99,735 $68,000- ---
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,750$52,775 $73,085$73,085 $80,750- ---
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$7,750$24,725 $45,110$45,110 $7,750- ---
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,999$25,725 $62,085$62,085 $49,999- ---
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$46,855$9,044 $37,811$37,811 $46,855- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $3,000 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
WALTER C RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MERJENT FOUNDATION” 2021-2022, 2024 3$3,000 2024$1,500
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990PF · $41,403 spent · pay $0 · grants $40,100 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $40,100 96.9%
Fees: accounting $1,250 3.0%
Printing and publications $28 0.1%
Other expenses $25 0.1%
Total$41,403100%

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2024 · Form 990PF · $43,275 spent · pay $0 · grants $39,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $39,500 91.3%
Fees: other professional $2,500 5.8%
Fees: accounting $1,250 2.9%
Other expenses $25 0.1%
Total$43,275100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $41,350 spent · pay $0 · grants $40,100 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $40,100 97.0%
Fees: accounting $1,225 3.0%
Other expenses $25 0.1%
Total$41,350100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $52,775 spent · pay $0 · grants $51,550 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $51,550 97.7%
Fees: accounting $1,200 2.3%
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2021 · Form 990PF · $24,725 spent · pay $0 · grants $23,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $23,500 95.0%
Fees: accounting $1,200 4.9%
Other expenses $25 0.1%
Total$24,725100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $25,725 spent · pay $0 · grants $24,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $24,500 95.2%
Fees: accounting $1,200 4.7%
Other expenses $25 0.1%
Total$25,725100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $9,044 spent · pay $0 · grants $9,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $9,000 99.5%
Other expenses $44 0.5%
Total$9,044100%

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