Public Charity

NATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION

NATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION is a Public Charity headquartered in MANDAN, ND. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.0M revenue, $2.1M expenses, $2.7M total assets. IRS filings disclose 60 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $3.2M.

EIN: 450362201 MANDAN, ND Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.0M
Total Expenses$2.1M
Total Assets$2.7M
Grants Given60
Grant Total$3.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE NATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT, USE, AND MARKETING OF SUNFLOWERS. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM, THE FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES, SUNFLOWER MAGAZINE, RESEARCH, AND OTHER DOMESTIC SUNFLOWER PROMOTIONS.

Where $100 goes at National Sunflower Association

How National Sunflower Association divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 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 $100 for programs

$58
The market access program and foreign development program are used to promote the use, development, and marketing of sunflowers throught the world
58% of program spending
$20
Research projects production issues
20% of program spending
$17
Confection program promotes the use, marketing, and development of cenfectionary sunflower
17% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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 National Sunflower Association

Rarely funds new orgs 12% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

Who to contact, what to include, deadlines, typical grant size and geographic focus are available with membership.

Sample Grants Given

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
FARGO, ND · 2024
PHOSPHORUS IN SUNFLW
$192,229
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
BROOKINGS, SD · 2024
NITROGEN/PHOSPHORUS
$42,686
REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF MN
MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2024
RESEARCH
$7,354
USDAAG RESEARCH SERVICE
FORT COLLINS, CO · 2024
MAPPING; MILDEW; DIS
$6,952
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
FARGO, ND · 2023
PHOSPHORUS IN SUNFLW
$218,635

Showing up to 5 of 60 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Adam Bettenhausen
DIRECTOR Cameron Peirce
PRESIDENT Chuck Todd
DIRECTOR Dan Oberholtzer
DIRECTOR Jed Wall
EXECUTIVE DI John Sandbakken

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$1,203,527 9 grants
Research & Policy
$551,866 26 grants
Unspecified
$1,436,498 25 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.0M $2.1M $2.7M
2024 $2.5M $2.7M $2.9M
2023 $2.5M $2.6M $3.0M
2022 $2.1M $2.2M $3.0M
2021 $2.4M $2.3M $3.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $2.4M to $2.0M (-19%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CO, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, and 2 other states.

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Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.

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