2025-11-14T13:30:52-06:00 2024-12-31 411397419 Abdo LLP 5201 Eden Ave Ste 250 Edina MN 55436 990 2024-01-01 363431212 Farmers' Legal Action Group Inc FARM 6512235400 6 5th St W Ste 650 St Paul MN 55102 Scott Carlson Executive Director 6512535400 2025-11-14 1 1 Steven D Anseth CPA P00552219 9528359090 2025-11-14 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Scott Carlson 6 5th St W Ste 650 Saint Paul MN 55102 814553 0 X www.flaginc.com X 1986 MN Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which operates a law center that provides legal services and support to America's family farmers and their communities to help keep farmers on the land. 7 7 6 8 0 0 889153 594501 7600 219543 583 509 0 0 897336 814553 0 0 0 0 652277 645694 45500 38500 147503 97427 230359 795204 914553 102132 -100000 712003 936273 63824 48076 648179 888197 X Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which operates a law center that provides legal services and support to America's family farmers and their communities to help keep farmers on the land. 0 0 519865 219543 During the entirety of 2024, FLAG also continued operating its national Family Farmer Legal Assistance Hotline and answered calls from across the United States on a broad range of issues including bankruptcy; farm business issues; contracts; crop insurance; disaster assistance; discrimination; private and USDA Farm Service Agency credit/lending issues; farmland access; farm family probate/wills/estates matters; farmer-lender mediation; federal support and relief programs, rules, and regulations; appeals of adverse federal agency decisions; foreclosures; landlord/tenant disputes; property rights; and other issues. During this year, FLAG attorneys conducted nineteen trainings attended by more than 600 farmers, farm advocates, attorneys, and other interested individuals. Topics included farm borrowers' rights, federal farm programs, farm credit, and other pressing legal issues facing farmers throughout the year. FLAG attorneys also published a 256-page Farmers' Guide to Minnesota Lending Law.During 2024, FLAG held five free Continuing Legal Education classes for attorneys, and four professional development educational sessions for agricultural professionals in Minnesota. In total, 247 agricultural professionals attended the professional development educational series.The aim of these two series was to give rural attorneys, and agricultural professionals who assist farmers, knowledge of agricultural/farm lending law, so they can know what practices farmers should follow to obtain and maintain access to credit, and to know borrowers' rights and options when disputes over credit and lending occur. Free legal, or farmer peer support, services are a key component of helping financially distressed farmers in Minnesota. Farmers experiencing occupational stress or behavioral or mental health issues invariably have legal, business, financial or credit problems requiring the services of an attorney or peer supporter. Such legal problems significantly compound, and are often the cause of, significant stress and behavioral problems. Access to lawyers helps resolve those problems, which reduces farmer stress and helps get the farm back to relatively normal operations.Unfortunately, it has become an increasingly acute problem that most Minnesota farmers do not have access to adequate legal representation, especially involving debt disputes, borrowers' rights, and other matters related to farm credit and lending law. Meanwhile, banks and lenders are well represented by sophisticated attorneys, leaving a very uneven playing field for financially troubled and stressed farm families.To increase the number of rural Minnesota attorneys representing farmers in financial disputes with lenders, or in other similar adversarial situations, FLAG offered free CLEs on Minnesota agricultural/farm lending law. In collaboration with the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, FLAG developed and delivered educational materials and a series of four free live, interactive Continuing Legal Education webinars, including free CLE credits for attorneys, along with archived on-demand videos of those webinars.The CLEs and CLE materials provided attorneys representing farmers in adversarial disputes the tools they need to stand up for farm families and ensure that farmers' rights are heard and protected, especially at vulnerable times for farm families experiencing financial and mental or behavioral distress.FLAG's website, and the Farmers' Guides hosted there, were accessed by thousands of unique visitors during the year. 519865 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MN X X David Glenn 6512535400 6 5th ST W STE 650 Saint Paul MN 55102 Terry VanDerPol President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Lois Wood Secretary / Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Susan Schneider Board Member 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Benny Bunting Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Mitchell Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dania Davy Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stu Lourey Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Carlson Executive Director 45.00 X 188781 0 0 James Carpenter Deputy Director/Senior Staff Attorney 40.00 X 175469 0 0 364250 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 279294 315207 594501 Federal Contracts 900099 113208 113208 State Contracts 900099 105510 105510 Service Fees 900099 825 825 219543 509 509 814553 219543 0 509 364250 225835 91063 47352 170214 105533 42553 22128 70106 43466 17527 9113 41124 25497 10281 5346 37561 37561 38500 38500 88089 54615 22022 11452 8583 5321 2146 1116 8593 5328 2148 1117 25204 15626 6301 3277 30437 18871 7609 3957 4406 2732 1102 572 Supplies & Equipment 12233 7584 3058 1591 Research and Library 9260 5741 2315 1204 Staff Development 2966 1839 742 385 Miscellaneous expenses 2335 1448 584 303 692 429 173 90 914553 519865 247185 147503 238379 878575 9163 174826 26886 296519 19370 2279 2279 57811 57811 0 0 712003 936273 63824 48076 63824 48076 X 373179 858197 275000 30000 648179 888197 712003 936273 -100000 340018 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 299386 438142 883186 889153 594501 3104368 299386 438142 883186 889153 594501 3104368 538644 2565724 304 118 117 583 509 1631 3105999 378733 0.82610 0.90300 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 57811 57811 0 0 814553 0 814553 0 814553 914553 0 914553 0 914553 X X 0 Weidman LLC 3233 Harriet Avenue Minneapolis MN 55408 Fundraising through philanthropy as w government grants and 0 425000 38500 386500 425000 38500 386500 MN X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Carlson Executive Director 188781 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 188781 0 0 0 James Carpenter Deputy Director/Senior Staff Attorne 175469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175469 0 0 0 Part I, Line 3 The Board of Directors Executive Committee is responsible for evaluating the Executive Director and reviewing the compensation package and comparing the package to comparable positions in comparable organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A copy of the Form 990 is sent to all board members for review and approval by vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annually the board members are mailed a conflict of interest policy to declare any conflicts of interest they may have. They are returned to the office manager for verification of compliance. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Board of Directors Executive Committee is responsible for evaluating the Executive Director and reviewing the compensation package and comparing the package to comparable positions in comparable organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization makes it governing documents and financial statements public upon request. The Form 990 is available on Guidestar.