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COMMUNICATING FOR AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIO

Based in FERGUS FALLS, MN, COMMUNICATING FOR AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIO operates as a Private Foundation. The organization reported $56K in revenue, $1.3M in expenses, $280K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 51 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $1.6M.

EIN: 411388895 FERGUS FALLS, MN Scholarships & Student Financial Aid NTEE: B82 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$56K
Total Expenses$1.3M
Total Assets$280K
Grants Given51
Grant Total$1.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Where $100 goes at Communicating for Agriculture Scholarship and Education Foundatio

How Communicating for Agriculture Scholarship and Education Foundatio divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings.

$65 Programs the work itself
$35 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
The foundation provides financial assistance for education beyond the high school level, including training and interships, to young people who have chosen careers that will serve the rural…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Communicating for Agriculture Scholarship and Education Foundatio

Preselected only Doesn't accept unsolicited requests for funds, per its 2025 Form 990-PF.

Often funds new orgs 50% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2023–2025).

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Sample Grants Given

SMEDSRUD FOUNDATION INC
FERGUS FALLS, MN · 2025
CHARITABLE
$1,211,893
GIVING VOICE INITIATIVE
EDINA, MN · 2025
GIVING VOICE MN INITIATIVE
$20,000
SONOMA COUNTY GRAPE GROWERS
SANA ROSA, CA · 2025
DAVID RAMEY YEARS OF SERVICE
$20,000
TEXAS EXES
AUSTIN, TX · 2025
DIEDRE REAGAN ENDOWMENT
$20,000
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT
RYE, NY · 2025
MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF MN DEBT
$15,000

Showing up to 5 of 51 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CFO/SECRETAR Angela Nelson
DIRECTOR Hilary Smedsrud
DIRECTOR Jeff Smedsrud
VP/DIRECTOR Mark Ritchie
PRESIDENT/CO Patricia Strickland
VP/DIRECTOR Robert Rumpza

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,367,419 21 grants
Education
$58,413 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$37,000 2 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$13,000 4 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $56K $1.3M $280K
2024 $589K $139K $1.4M
2023 $46K $83K $1.2M
2022 $37K $67K $1.1M
2021 $58K $76K $1.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $58K to $56K (-4%), with total assets most recently reported at $280K.

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, IA, IN, MN, NC, ND, and 3 other states.

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