Organizations Filed Purposes:
to provide financial support to Future Farmers of America (FFA) programs and students in Minnesota.
Scholarships:Students are entrusted to use these funds to advance their project or education. Varying amounts in scholarship funds are provided to university students majoring in agricultural education. Support is provided to students participating in the Washington Leadership conference as well as students studying international agriculture. A total of 35 students benefited from the multiple scholarships given out in 2019. Also thousands of dollars are provided annually to provide new FFA members with official FFA jackets. 440 students received jackets in 2019.
State Convention:Support of state convention preparation, event and event follow-up. Support of the keystone event for Minnesota FFA as directed towards facility charges, student awards, technology, career development event materials, speakers and career fair expenses. 4,100 students attended the state convention in 2019.
Youth Leadership:Support to grow leadership. Usually conducted at the chapter, regional or state level. Nearly $30,000 is provided annually to support the Minnesota state FFA leadership camps and conferences, including state greenhand leadership camp, state leadership camp for chapter leaders and agpolicy experience, blast off, nlcso, power, ffa day at the capital and rolo. more than 10,800 students benefited from this program in 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Val Aarsvold | Executive Dir. | 40 | $72,100 |
| Amanda Sommers | PROGRAM COORD | 40 | $57,569 |
| Valerie Velde | CHAIR ELECT | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Dorenkamp | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Kevin Paap | EXEC SPONS CHAI | 2 | $0 |
| Natasha Mortenson | PAST CHAIR | 6 | $0 |
| Jean Johnson | CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
| Pat Dingels | Treasurer | 10 | $0 |
| Kyle Peterson | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Zane Sheehan | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Mat Vaupel | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Juleah Tolosky | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Jason Schwantz | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Paula Mohr | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Staci Martin | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Patrice Bailey | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Frances Homans | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Lara Durben | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Jim Burns | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Lafe Aarsvold | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Tim Uhlenkamp | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Clint Smith | Director | 2 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202032549349300713_public.xml