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VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP

VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP (North Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$25k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$4k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Valley Prosperity Partnership does

Mission

To identify and promote the strategic economic opportunities of the red river valley region in both nd and mn and to strengthen the economic outlook of the region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The Valley Prosperity Partnership advocated for state policy during the 2025 north dakota legislative session to support the following priorities.the red river water supply project will provide a supplemental water option to central north dakota and the red river valley to mitigate against drought conditions that would cause costly water shortages. The vpp continues to advocate for acceleration of the project to reduce costs and put the project into operation as soon as possible. The project is slated for completion in 2031at a cost of $1.2 billion of which $953 million is state funding and the remainder is committed by localities. The eastern north dakota alternate water supply, which makes use of the mcclusky canal as an alternate water source will save millions of dollars in construction costs, as well as operations and maintenance costs. Ongoing funding was secured in the 2025 legislative session. Bakken east pipeline project proposed by wbi energy is a forward-looking infrastructure investment that will not only enhance energy reliability across north dakota but also position our state as a competitive destination for future opportunities in manufacturing, ag processing, and…

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($120k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($168k)2018 Revenue 183 ($220k) Expenses 422 ($155k) Net assets 139 ($233k)2019 Revenue 83 ($100k) Expenses 433 ($159k) Net assets 103 ($173k)2020 Revenue 75 ($90k) Expenses 294 ($108k) Net assets 93 ($155k)2021 Revenue 67 ($80k) Expenses 337 ($124k) Net assets 66 ($111k)2022 Revenue 58 ($70k) Expenses 395 ($145k) Net assets 21 ($36k)2023 Revenue 48 ($58k) Expenses 189 ($69k) Net assets 15 ($25k)2024 Revenue 9 ($11k) Expenses 89 ($33k) Net assets 1 ($2k)2025 Revenue 21 ($25k) Expenses 64 ($24k) Net assets 2 ($4k)
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Revenue (21)Expenses (64)Net assets (2)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $111k to $36k (−68%).

$168k
$233k
$173k
$155k
$111k
$36k
$25k
$2k
$4k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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2018
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2021
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2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$83k
’17
$65k
’18
−$59k
’19
−$18k
’20
−$44k
’21
−$75k
’22
−$11k
’23
−$22k
’24
$1k
’25
18
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Delore Zimmerman

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

20172018
Listed58
Joined·+4
No longer listed·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.

ND

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
North Dakota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−18% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP

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In North Dakota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

71%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP?
VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP (North Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP?
Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VALLEY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing