Nonprofit · EIN 36-3879773
MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY
Also known as CO DONALD E GREEN
Tax-exempt · LINCOLN, NE 68506
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $308,762 | $157,241 | $151,521 | $1,985,522 | $0 | $1,985,522 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $217,709 | $93,733 | $123,976 | $1,865,083 | $0 | $1,865,083 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $100,695 | $132,583 | -$31,888 | $1,492,813 | $0 | $1,492,813 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $80,188
- Membership dues
- $15,645
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $228,574
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $172,775
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $29,778
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $29,778
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Depreciation
- $1,804
- Program services (functional)
- $140,490
- Management and general (functional)
- $16,751
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,865,083
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,985,522
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,985,522
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,815,591
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $142,031
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,843,491
- Gross receipts
- $916,782
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 1992
- State of legal domicile
- NE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROC ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HOLLY BOOMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEISL CARR-CHILDERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTY CHAMBERLIN | AT-LARGE OFF Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH CHASE | EXECUTIVE SE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN COUGHLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT EVERTSON | INSTITUTIONA Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PEG GILBERT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAM HERLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL HOBBS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT KINBACHER | INSTITUTIONA Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAN KUSEK | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RENEE LAEGREID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SYBIL MALMBERG | EMERITUS DIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN MCGLYNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
10 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENON MURRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID NESHEIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA PRITCHETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GABRIELLA PRUITT-SANTOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN ROCKEY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LYNN ROPER | PRESIDENT EM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHANNON SMITH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| HEATHER STAUFFER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS STEINKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATHAN TYE | INSTITUTIONA Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROC ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SYBIL BERNDT | EMERITUS DIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HOLLY BOOMER | GRANTS & AWA Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LEISL CARR-CHILDERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTY CHAMBERLIN | FIN. & DEV. Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH CHASE | EXECUTIVE SE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN COUGHLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT EVERTSON | AT-LARGE OFF Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL HOBBS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN KELLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT KINBACHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN KUSEK | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RENEE LAEGREID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN MCGLYNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID NESHEIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA PRITCHETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GABRIELLA PRUITT-SANTOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN ROCKEY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LYNN ROPER | PRESIDENT EM Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHANNON SMITH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| HEATHER STAUFFER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS STEINKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATHAN TYE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JILLIAN WENBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROC ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HOLLY BOOMER | GRANTS & AWA Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LEISL CARR-CHILDERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTY CHAMBERLIN | FIN. & DEV. Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN COUGHLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATT EVERTSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICOLE GRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RON HULL | PRESIDENT EM Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| KAREN KELLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT KINBACHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN KUSEK | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RENEE LAEGREID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN MCGLYNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELAINE MARIE NELSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID NESHEIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN ROCKEY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| LYNN ROPER | PRESIDENT EM Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SMITH | AT-LARGE OFF Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHANNON SMITH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| HEATHER STAUFFER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS STEINKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JILLIAN WENBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 6808, LINCOLN, NE 68506-0808
- In care of
- % LYNN ROPER TREAS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- SHANNON SMITH, 505 N ELM ST, GORDON, NE 69343
- Signed the 990
- BRIAN ROCKEY, TREASURER
- Phone
- (402) 473-1831
- Website
- HTTP://MARISANDOZSOCIETY.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BUCKLEY & SITZMAN LLP
Mission
TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HERITAGE OF MARI SANDOZ AND HER LITERARY WORKS.
Program accomplishments
- HELD ANNUAL PILSTER LECTURE AT CHADRON STATE COLLEGE WITH MORE THAN 100 ATTENDEES. PROVIDED SUPPORT TO UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LIBRARIES/ARCHIVES TO CONTINUE DIGITIZATION OF MARI SANDOZ LETTERS. PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR A WRITER'S FESTIVAL AND GRADUATE LEVEL CREATIVE WRITING SCHOLARSHIP AT WESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY.Expenses $140,490
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 36-3879773
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1993
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,985,522
- Income (IRS master file)
- $916,782
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $308,762 | $157,241 | $1,985,522 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $217,709 | $93,733 | $1,865,083 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $100,695 | $132,583 | $1,492,813 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $86,336 | $128,376 | $1,323,157 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-3879773).
Questions about MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY is 36-3879773.
- Is MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
- Are donations to MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names SHANNON SMITH.
- Who are the officers and directors of MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 25 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $308,762, expenses of $157,241 and total assets of $1,985,522 at year end.
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