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COMMUNITY OF LANCASTER EDUCATION GROUP

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $87K · expenses $56K · assets $1.3M

EIN
41-1996178
Address
PO BOX 74, LANCASTER, MN 56735-0074
Website
COLEG.org
NTEE code
B82
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2001
Cross-check
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Mission

To raise funds through contributions and investments for the singular purpose of providing reimbursement of post secondary tuition expenses of graduates of Lancaster High School (Minnesota Independent School District #356)

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Shelly Westerberg Treasurer2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Debbie Groves Secretary2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Crystal Peterson Vice President2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Diane Rice President2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Shelly Westerberg Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Debbie Groves Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Crystal Peterson Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Diane Rice President1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Diane Rice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Crystal Peterson Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Debbie Groves Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Shelly Westerberg Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Diane Rice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Crystal Peterson Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Debbie Groves Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Shelly Westerberg Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Diane Rice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Crystal Peterson Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Debbie Groves Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Shelly Westerberg Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Diane Rice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Crystal Peterson Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Debbie Groves Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
Shelly Westerberg Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$86,664$56,019 $1,280,898$1,070,755 $21,880$0 $0020
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$97,499$61,371 $1,121,748$908,105 $24,295$0 $0020
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$103,705$51,236 $1,033,487$840,862 $27,960$0 $0020
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,375$35,743 $1,235,019$1,089,519 $20,321$0 $0020
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$83,240$27,758 $976,342$829,842 $15,574$0 $0020

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $1,500 in all, tax years 2019 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
XCEL ENERGY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “COMMUNITY OF LANCASTER EDUCATION GROUP” 2019-2024 6$1,500 2024$200
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $56,019 spent · pay $0 · grants $55,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $55,500$55,500-- 99.1%
Office expenses $519$519-- 0.9%
Total$56,019100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $61,371 spent · pay $0 · grants $60,982 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $60,982$60,982-- 99.4%
Office expenses $389$389-- 0.6%
Total$61,371100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $51,236 spent · pay $0 · grants $50,875 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $50,875$50,875-- 99.3%
Office expenses $361$361-- 0.7%
Total$51,236100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $35,743 spent · pay $0 · grants $35,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $35,500$35,500-- 99.3%
Office expenses $243$243-- 0.7%
Total$35,743100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $27,758 spent · pay $0 · grants $27,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $27,500$27,500-- 99.1%
Office expenses $258$258-- 0.9%
Total$27,758100%

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