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US nonprofit · EIN 050551396 · Kerkhoven, MNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 050551396) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2013.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption recognised again: the IRS automatically revoked this organisation’s exemption on 15 May 2017, and its IRS ruling date is now 1 July 2021 (a later recognition). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

Kerkhoven Fire Relief Association's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Benjamin GareisTreasurer2022
4 yrs
Clifford NystromTrustee2022
4 yrs
Josh WagnerTrustee2022
4 yrs
Kevin StrandbergTrustee2022
4 yrs
Woodrow NelsonPresident2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Benjamin GareisTreasurer1$0
Adam HansonEx-Officio1$0
Kim HarkemaEx-Officio1$0
Cordel van HeuvelnEx-Officio1$0
Jesse NelsonVice Preside1$0
Woodrow NelsonPresident1$0
Clifford NystromSecretary1$0
Kevin StrandbergTrustee1$0
Josh WagnerTrustee1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Kerkhoven Fire Relief Association
EIN
050551396
Address
Po Box 165, Kerkhoven, MN, 56252-0165
State
Minnesota
Mission
To provide retirement, death and disability benefits to the members of the kerkhoven volunteer fire department. (special fund) to provide financial assistance for the city of kerkhoven for acquisition of fire fighting equipment and safety equipment. (general fund) (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Y30 Mutual and membership benefit
IRS classification
501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Mutual & Membership Benefit
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1949
Principal officer
Woodrow Nelson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2021
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2023

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsBenjamin Gareis
≥4years on the filingsClifford Nystrom
≥4years on the filingsJosh Wagner
≥4years on the filingsKevin Strandberg

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$579k
Total liabilities
$564k
Net assets or fund balances
$16k
Contributions and grants received
$25k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
25