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RURAL EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE ALLIANCE

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $227K · expenses $193K · assets $473K

EIN
83-3201111
Address
PO BOX 818, DODGE CITY, KS 67801-0818
NTEE code
B25
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2019
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Mission

The Organization is operating as a nonprofit organization to facilitate and build partnerships between businesses and educational institutions to provide training and access to post-secondary education for individuals located in the 28 counties of southwest Kansas to focus on meeting the workforce needs of the region.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Joann Knight Member2019-2024 $129,655$735,270 5

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

21 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
Quentin Conant Member2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
JD Gilbert Member2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Harold Nolte Member2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Terry Rabe Member2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Karla Lees Member2022-2024 0 $0 reported 3
John Fitzhum Member2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Clayton Kerbs Vice President2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Mark Cooksey Member2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Katie Eisenhour Secretary2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Maria Kane President2019-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Melissa McCoy Treasurer2019-2024 0 $0 reported 2
John Kennedy Member2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Vicky Bortzer (former) Secretary2023 0 $0 reported 1
Simeon Russell (former) Member2019-2022 0 $0 reported 4
Jacque Kemmerer (former) Member2019-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Amanda Guthrie (former) Member2021-2022 0 $0 reported 1
Anna Bjerken (former) Member2019-2021 0 $0 reported 3
Christy Hopkins (former) Member2021 0 $0 reported 1
Bud Estes (former) Member2019-2020 0 $0 reported 4
Scott Smith (former) Member2019-2020 0 $0 reported 2
Joyce Warshaw (former) Member2019-2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 13 people listed · 1 paid, $130K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Knight Member2 $0$0$129,655 $129,6555
John Fitzhum Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Quentin Conant Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Terry Rabe Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Clayton Kerbs Vice President0 $0$0$0 $02
Karla Lees Member0 $0$0$0 $03
JD Gilbert Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Harold Nolte Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Mark Cooksey Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Katie Eisenhour Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
Maria Kane President0 $0$0$0 $01
Melissa McCoy Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $02
John Kennedy Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 14 people listed · 1 paid, $104K · 0 employees · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Knight Member2 $0$0$103,710 $103,7105
John Fitzhum Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Quentin Conant Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Terry Rabe President0 $0$0$0 $02
Clayton Kerbs Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $02
Karla Lees Member0 $0$0$0 $03
JD Gilbert Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Harold Nolte Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Mark Cooksey Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Vicky Bortzer Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
Maria Kane Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Melissa McCoy Member0 $0$0$0 $02
John Kennedy Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Katie Eisenhour Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 15 people listed · 1 paid, $142K · 0 employees · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Knight Member2 $141,980$0$0 $141,9805
Simeon Russell Member0 $0$0$0 $04
Quentin Conant Vice President0 $0$0$0 $02
Terry Rabe President0 $0$0$0 $02
Clayton Kerbs Secretary0 $0$0$0 $02
Karla Lees Member0 $0$0$0 $03
JD Gilbert Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Harold Nolte Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Mark Cooksey Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Jacque Kemmerer Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Maria Kane Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
Melissa McCoy Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Amanda Guthrie Member0 $0$0$0 $01
John Kennedy Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Katie Eisenhour Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 15 people listed · 1 paid, $127K · 0 employees · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Knight Member2 $0$126,638$0 $126,6385
Simeon Russell President0 $0$0$0 $04
Mark Cooksey Vice President0 $0$0$0 $02
Terry Rabe Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $02
Quentin Conant Secretary0 $0$0$0 $02
Anna Bjerken Member0 $0$0$0 $03
JD Gilbert Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Harold Nolte Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Maria Kane Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Jacque Kemmerer Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Clayton Kerbs Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Melissa McCoy Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Amanda Guthrie Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Christy Hopkins Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Katie Eisenhour Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 15 people listed · 1 paid, $119K · 0 employees · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Knight Member2 $0$119,191$0 $119,1915
Simeon Russell President0 $0$0$0 $04
Mark Cooksey Vice President0 $0$0$0 $02
Terry Rabe Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $02
Quentin Conant Secretary0 $0$0$0 $02
Anna Bjerken Member0 $0$0$0 $03
Bud Estes Member0 $0$0$0 $04
JD Gilbert Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Harold Nolte Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Maria Kane Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Jacque Kemmerer Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Clayton Kerbs Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Melissa McCoy Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Scott Smith Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Joyce Warshaw Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 15 people listed · 1 paid, $114K · 0 employees · 50 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Knight Member2 $0$114,096$0 $114,0965
Simeon Russell President0 $0$0$0 $04
Mark Cooksey Vice President0 $0$0$0 $02
Terry Rabe Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $02
Quentin Conant Secretary0 $0$0$0 $02
Anna Bjerken Member0 $0$0$0 $03
Bud Estes Member0 $0$0$0 $04
JD Gilbert Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Harold Nolte Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Maria Kane Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Jacque Kemmerer Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Clayton Kerbs Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Melissa McCoy Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Scott Smith Member0 $0$0$0 $02
Joyce Warshaw Member0 $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 ↗
$227,057$193,346 $473,086$452,637 $213,019$0 $000
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$270,521$151,882 $428,771$418,926 $257,768$0 $0050
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$232,089$208,234 $309,854$300,287 $231,575$0 $141,980050
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$188,552$105,526 $283,060$276,432 $188,446$0 $0050
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$342,362$182,341 $199,844$193,406 $340,612$0 $0050
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$208,000$11,615 $196,385$196,385 $208,000$0 $0050

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $292,255 in all, tax years 2020 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
PATTERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “RURAL EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE ALLIANCE” 2020-2021 5$193,655 2021$15,000
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2024 5$75,000 2024$10,000
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KANSAS HEALTH FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2021 1$23,600 2021$23,600
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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 · $193,346 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $64,170$51,336$12,834- 33.2%
Other (as described)Makerspace expense $52,246$52,246-- 27.0%
Travel $29,073$29,073-- 15.0%
Depreciation and depletion $18,386$18,386-- 9.5%
Office expenses $10,595-$10,595- 5.5%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $7,540$7,540-- 3.9%
Fees: accounting $5,013-$5,013- 2.6%
Other (as described)Dues and subscriptions $3,246-$3,246- 1.7%
Other (as described)Continuing education $1,100-$1,100- 0.6%
Advertising and promotion $944-$944- 0.5%
Insurance $751-$751- 0.4%
Interest $282-$282- 0.1%
Total$193,346100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $151,882 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $57,968$46,374$11,594- 38.2%
Other (as described)Makerspace expense $34,388$34,388-- 22.6%
Travel $19,499$19,499-- 12.8%
Depreciation and depletion $17,066$17,066-- 11.2%
Office expenses $7,432-$7,432- 4.9%
Advertising and promotion $5,407-$5,407- 3.6%
Fees: accounting $4,307-$4,307- 2.8%
Insurance $3,327-$3,327- 2.2%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $1,345$1,345-- 0.9%
Other (as described)Dues and subscriptions $1,043-$1,043- 0.7%
Other (as described)Continuing education $100-$100- 0.1%
Total$151,882100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $208,234 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $69,202-$69,202- 33.2%
Other (as described)Building rennovations $68,785$68,785-- 33.0%
Other (as described)Makerspace expense $27,619$27,619-- 13.3%
Depreciation and depletion $14,924$14,924-- 7.2%
Travel $10,028$10,028-- 4.8%
Office expenses $6,818-$6,818- 3.3%
Fees: accounting $4,363-$4,363- 2.1%
Advertising and promotion $3,749-$3,749- 1.8%
Other (as described)Dues and subscriptions $1,141-$1,141- 0.5%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $960$960-- 0.5%
Insurance $618-$618- 0.3%
All other expenses $16-$16- 0.0%
Interest $11-$11- 0.0%
Total$208,234100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $105,526 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $63,456-$63,456- 60.1%
Advertising and promotion $14,332-$14,332- 13.6%
Depreciation and depletion $8,894$8,894-- 8.4%
Office expenses $5,165-$5,165- 4.9%
Fees: accounting $4,667-$4,667- 4.4%
Other (as described)Makerspace expense $3,572$3,572-- 3.4%
Travel $2,546$2,546-- 2.4%
Other (as described)Building rennovations $845$845-- 0.8%
Other (as described)Dues and subscriptions $735-$735- 0.7%
All other expenses $670$290$380- 0.6%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $644$644-- 0.6%
Total$105,526100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $182,341 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Building rennovations $104,870$104,870-- 57.5%
Fees: management $53,945-$53,945- 29.6%
Advertising and promotion $5,252-$5,252- 2.9%
Depreciation and depletion $4,942$4,942-- 2.7%
Insurance $4,941-$4,941- 2.7%
Office expenses $3,340-$3,340- 1.8%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $1,505$1,505-- 0.8%
Other (as described)Reimbursements $1,500-$1,500- 0.8%
Other (as described)Repairs and maintenance $1,267$1,267-- 0.7%
Travel $491$491-- 0.3%
All other expenses $288-$288- 0.2%
Total$182,341100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $11,615 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Travel $4,997$4,997-- 43.0%
Other (as described)Contract Labor $3,716$3,716-- 32.0%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous $1,698$1,698-- 14.6%
Fees: accounting $751-$751- 6.5%
Office expenses $253-$253- 2.2%
Depreciation and depletion $200$200-- 1.7%
Total$11,615100%

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