2026-06-19T16:16:25-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 832976095 NEBRASKA APPLESEED ACTION FUND NEBR 4024388853 PO Box 83613 Lincoln NE 685013613 Rebecca Gould Executive Director 4024388853 2026-06-19 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Rebecca Gould PO Box 83613 Lincoln NE 68501 536257 0 X https://neappleseedaction.org/ X 2019 NE Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund ensures every Nebraskans' voice is heard in public decision making processes, whether that is in the halls of legislative bodies or at the ballot box. 8 8 0 50 0 0 1289875 535570 0 0 336 687 0 0 1290211 536257 775000 45500 0 0 332782 221822 0 0 5065 274078 222680 1381860 490002 -91649 46255 293417 339672 0 0 293417 339672 Ensure every Nebraskans' voice is heard in public decision making processes, whether that is in the halls of legislative bodies or at the ballot box. 0 0 463568 44500 0 In 2025 we worked to support passed initiatives on paid sick leave and minimum wage. For both projects, we helped build a coalition, supported leaders with lived experience, and worked to advocate for support in the state legislature. We also joined with other Nebraska organizations to explore and then support a new ballot initiative campaign to protect the ballot initiative process from legislative overreach. 0 0 0 463568 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X Rebecca Gould 4024388853 PO Box 83613 Lincoln NE 685013613 Rebecca Gould Executive Director 3 40 X 0 141013 21267 Nic Swiercek Development & Engagement Sr. Director 1 40 X 0 117182 15397 Kristine Hull Administration Sr. Director 1 40 X 0 113881 15332 Omaid Zabih Strategies Sr. Director 5 40 X 0 116604 4664 Wanda Gottschalk Secretary/Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Christine Funk Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Randy Moody President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Patricia Zieg Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Lucia Pedroza Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Maureen Monahan Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Dan Parsons Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Brad Christian-Sallis Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 488680 56660 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 200000 0 335570 0 535570 0 687 687 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 536257 687 0 0 45500 45500 42935 31607 9653 1675 0 124289 122014 2275 41806 38405 2982 419 12792 11752 912 128 428 428 20000 20000 171103 171103 2008 740 826 442 3601 1668 1930 3 20352 18696 1452 204 1560 726 795 39 1345 1236 96 13 Bank Fees 2283 121 20 2142 490002 463568 21369 5065 293417 339672 293417 339672 0 0 X 293417 339672 0 0 293417 339672 293417 339672 46255 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 Lincoln for Fair Housing 7715 Phares Dr Lincoln NE 68516 332207844 501c4 19500 FMV Ballot initiative support and community organizing. Nebraska State AFL-CIO 2012 S 13th St Lincoln NE 68502 470425431 501c5 15000 FMV Community organizing and outreach. Nebraska Appleseed PO Box 83613 Lincoln NE 68501 470798343 501c4 11000 FMV Advocacy campaign 0 3 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 When we make a grant to another organization we either utilize a Memorandum of Understanding process that sets out the goals and activities the funds are to be used to support or we are part of a decision-making body that is directing the use of the funds. We also monitor filings with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure commission to provide additional verification of the use of the funds when relevant. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rebecca Gould Executive Director 0 141013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21267 0 162280 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a The board of directors of Nebraska Appleseed has the right to appoint the majority of members of the board for Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 is completed annually and provided to management for review. It is reviewed in detail by the Executive Director and the Administration Sr. Director and is distributed to all members of the Board of Directors prior to submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All board members are required to annually sign an acknowledgement that they have read the organization's conflict of interest policy and have disclosed any conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Nebraska Appleseed Personnel and Compensation Committee approves the salary of the Nebraska Appleseed Executive Director after a review of comparability data and completion of an evaluation. The Board of Nebraska Appleseed Action Fund annually approves the budget for leased employee costs from Nebraska Appleseed. A quarterly report is shared with the board detailing actual leased personnel costs. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization will provide its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements upon request. Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest PO Box 83613 Lincoln NE 685013613 470798343 Promotion of social welfare NE 501(c)(3) 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) N/A 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest b 10000 Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest c 200000 Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest n 20622 Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest o 221823 Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest p 8744 We are respectfully requesting abatement of penalties assessed in connection with the late filing of our organization's Form 990 for the tax year ending December 31, 2025. We believe reasonable cause exists for the delay, and we ask that the IRS exercise its discretion to waive the associated penalties. The individual responsible for submitting our extension request was unexpectedly absent from work immediately prior to the filing deadline due to a family member's emergency surgery and subsequent recovery period. In that employee's absence, a miscommunication within our organization led leadership to believe in good faith that an extension had been properly submitted before the original deadline. We later learned that no extension had in fact been filed. Upon discovering this oversight, we acted immediately to bring our filing into compliance and submitted our Form 990 as promptly as possible. We take our filing obligations seriously. In response to this incident, we have implemented updated internal procedures to ensure that all future filing deadlines and extension requests are assigned, tracked, and independently verified - including contingency coverage in the event a responsible party is unexpectedly unavailable. This is the first instance in our organization's history of a late Form 990 filing. We have otherwise maintained a consistent record of timely and compliant filings, and we are committed to continuing that record going forward. Based on the reasonable cause described above - specifically, an unforeseeable medical emergency affecting a key employee, a good-faith belief that proper steps had been taken, and our immediate corrective action upon learning of the error - we respectfully request that all penalties related to this late filing be abated in full.