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US nonprofit · EIN 455568701 · Spartanburg, SCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 455568701) - 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 2025: 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 2024.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Innovative Rural Development Corporation's network

5 people3 organisationsi5 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (3) 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. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Erin Ouzts ChairChair2018
8 yrs
Alan DeusterhausTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Andrew WatersBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Betsy SikmaBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Brendan ButtimerVice Chair2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Erin OuztsChair5$0
Brendan ButtimerVice Chair1$0
Alan DeusterhausTreasurer1$0
Andrew WatersBoard Member1$0
Sam EnglishBoard Member1$0
Trey ThiesBoard Member1$0
Lekesa WhitnerBoard Member1$0
Donlyn AikenBoard Member1$0

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

About

Legal name
Innovative Rural Development Corporation
EIN
455568701
Address
1335 Pinecrest Rd, Spartanburg, SC, 29302-3331
State
South Carolina
Mission
The mission of the corporation is to stimulate a healthier community through three avenues: 1) healthier local economies from increased market opportunities for sustainable, locally-produced goods availability2) healthier families through increased locally-driven economic opportunities and locally-produced goods availability3) healthier residents through education on how food and environment... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S30 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Erin Ouzts (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2013
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsErin Ouzts
≥8years on the filingsAlan Deusterhaus
≥8years on the filingsAndrew Waters
≥8years on the filingsBrendan Buttimer

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$16k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$16k
Contributions and grants received
$3k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0