Prairie Music Association
Donations deductiblePrairie Music Association's network
5 peoplei5 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 5 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy Rippentropp | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Brad Koch | Treasurer | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| EJ Brink | Volunteer Coordinator | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sandy Mostaert | Vice President | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Trisha Brink | President | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
16 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Ellsworth | Vice President | 2022 |
| Betsy Rippentropp | Company secretary | 2023 |
| Brad Koch | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Dawn Smith | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| EJ Brink | Volunteer Coordinator | 2023 |
| Ellen Ramsey-Kacena | President | 2022 |
| Jodie Chadima | Vice President | since 2018 |
| Julie Haren | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| Karie Schroeder | Vice President | 2018 |
| Marci Geary | Company secretary | 2022 |
| Melissa Dobins | Treasurer | 2021 |
| Michelle Krapfl | Immedidate Past President | 2018 |
| Micki Crispin | Volunteer Coordinator | 2018 |
| Sasndy Mostaert | Vice President | 2023 |
| Tina Dubois | Volunteer Coordinator | since 2019 |
| Trisha Brink | President | 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Robertson | Volunteer Coordinator | 5 | $0 | ||
| Sandy Mostaert | Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Brad Koch | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kelli Robertson | Secretary | 5 | $0 | ||
| Rich Schwertfeger | President | 5 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Prairie Music Association
- EIN
- 421504960
- Address
- 401 76th Ave Sw, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52404-7035
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- The Prairie Music Association is operated exclusively for the charitable and educational purposes of stimulating interest and support for all music programs in the College Community School District. They aim to promote and develop participation in all levels of the music programs in the district through fundraising events and volunteer opportunities to serve and support said music programs. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A6B Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Rich Schwertfeger (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 2002
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 1, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsBetsy Rippentropp
≥2years on the filingsBrad Koch
≥2years on the filingsEJ Brink
≥2years on the filingsSandy Mostaert
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $279k
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $279k
- Contributions and grants received
- $8k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 400
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Prairie Music Association likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 18 May 2000
- Registered agent
- Douglas Wheeler (city and state not held)