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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 92-0554130

Alder Branch Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Rochester, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $111,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $111,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,995,194

  • Tax year 2024

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,031,324

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Soul Fire Farm Institute IncPetersburg, NY

    General operations

    $50,000
  2. Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyMinneapolis, MN

    General operations

    $40,000
  3. Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty NetworkDetroit, MI

    General operations

    $15,000
  4. IndigehubWindow Rock, AZ

    General operations

    $5,000
  5. National Center for Family Philanthropy IncWashington, DC

    General operations

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture3 grants $105,00099% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $50,000
  2. Minnesota1 grant $40,000
  3. Michigan1 grant $15,000
  4. Arizona1 grant $5,000
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Susan L AhlquistPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Aaron Z AhlquistVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Daniel B AhlquistTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brooke A CarlsonSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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