Nonprofit · EIN 45-0353644
NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · MINOT, ND 58701
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,150,513 | $1,279,273 | -$128,760 | $69,933 | $135 | $69,798 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,465,986 | $2,154,313 | $1,311,673 | $199,863 | $1,305 | $198,558 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,689,914 | $2,515,777 | $174,137 | $141,987 | $1,255,102 | -$1,113,115 |
| December 31, 2021 | 990 | $291,120 | $408,976 | -$117,856 | $501,346 | $71,133 | $430,213 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $551,581
- Program service revenue
- $598,492
- Investment income
- $0
- Royalties
- $440
- Other revenue
- $440
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $80,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $112,086
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $206,988
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $7,980
- Accounting fees
- $25,857
- Occupancy
- $231,656
- Travel
- $88,930
- Program services (functional)
- $908,451
- Management and general (functional)
- $370,822
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $199,863
- Total assets, end of year
- $69,933
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $135
- Net assets, end of year
- $69,798
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $69,798
- Gross receipts
- $1,150,513
- Employees
- 29
- Volunteers
- 650
- Year formed
- 1978
- State of legal domicile
- ND
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEARLE SWEDLUND | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $80,000 |
| TIM MIHALICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| CLINT SEVERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| DUANE BREKKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| HARRISON REITEN-HRUBY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| KAREN RASMUSSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| KAREN KREBSBACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| TONIA VITKO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| JOHN MACKNER | PRESIDENT, SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DEB BURGER-PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| LIZ WEEKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| ELLEN SIMMONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEN BERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| TIM MIHALICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| CLINT SEVERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| DUANE BREKKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 60 | $0 |
| GRANT WENTZ | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $0 |
| HARRISON REITEN-HRUBY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 60 | $0 |
| JESSICA ACKERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 60 | $0 |
| KAREN RASMUSSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 48 | $0 |
| KAREN KREBSBACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| TONIA VITKO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| JOHN MACKNER | PRESIDENT, SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 84 | $0 |
| DEB BURGER-PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| ABBIE EADS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 48 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEN BERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| TIM MIHALICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| CLINT SEVERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| LIBBY CLAERBOUT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 14 | $0 |
| DUANE BREKKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| GRANT WENTZ | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $0 |
| HARRISON HRUBY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 80 | $0 |
| JESSICA ACKERMAN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 100 | $0 |
| JIM OLSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 36 | $0 |
| KAREN KREBSBACH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 24 | $0 |
| PAM DAVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| JOHN MACKNER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 60 | $0 |
| KIM ALBERT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 24 | $0 |
| ABBIE EADS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 50 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2021: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELLE BUSSARD | BOOKKEEPER Officer | 40 | $40,480 |
| PAM DAVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $542 |
| HARRISON HRUBY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM OLSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN BERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DUANE BREKKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLINT SEVERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN DRADY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CONNIE AHART | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN KUTCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRAD STAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM MIHALICK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| KAREN KREBSBACH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| GRANT WENTZ | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| JESSICA ACKERMAN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1020 S BROADWAY, MINOT, ND 58701-4660
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JOHN MACKNER, PO BOX 1347, MINOT, ND 58702
- Signed the 990
- JOHN MACKNER, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (701) 852-2368
- Website
- WWW.HOSTFEST.COM
- Return prepared by
- BRADY MARTZ PLLC
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE AN APPRECIATION OF SCANDINAVIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITH THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES.
Program accomplishments
- NORSK HOSTFEST FALL FESTIVAL ATTENDED BY PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.Expenses $908,451 · revenue $598,492
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
- 45-0353644
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1979
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A230)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $69,933
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,150,513
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,150,513 | $1,279,273 | $69,933 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,465,986 | $2,154,313 | $199,863 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,689,914 | $2,515,777 | $141,987 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,925,890 | $3,027,712 | $679,386 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | $291,120 | $408,976 | $501,346 | XML |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | 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 45-0353644).
Questions about NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION is 45-0353644.
- Is NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1979.
- Are donations to NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION 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 NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION 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 NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION 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 NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JOHN MACKNER.
- Who are the officers and directors of NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $80,000 (SEARLE SWEDLUND, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does NORSK HOSTFEST ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,150,513, expenses of $1,279,273 and total assets of $69,933 at year end.
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