Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
Established by soybean farmers in 1962, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is a non-profit, farmer-controlled membership organization aimed at monitoring government policies, supporting research activities and market development activities to improve the profitability of soybean farmers throughout the state.
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,046,618
- -3.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,350,568
- -1.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $8,674
- -24.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,365,696
- -14.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Minnesota Soybean Growers Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 3 (67%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $53K (2022) to $200K (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $200K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ag Innovation Campus Crookston, MN | Reimbursement for Expenses | $200,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,046,618 | $1,350,568 | $1,365,696 | — | — | $8,674 |
| 2024 | $1,082,278 | $1,374,467 | $1,592,888 | $200,000 | 1 | $11,454 |
| 2023 | $1,165,395 | $1,156,543 | $1,244,224 | $86,873 | 1 | $6,579 |
| 2022 | $1,121,380 | $1,148,211 | $1,101,490 | $53,128 | 1 | $875 |
| 2021 | $1,173,720 | $766,507 | $863,614 | — | — | $392 |
| 2020 | $958,190 | $917,244 | $980,271 | — | — | $3,197 |
About Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
Based on IRS filings
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association is a public charity, based in Mankato, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $9K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association is led by Tom Slunecka, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2020; none of the 50 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Tom Slunecka
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Darin Johnson
President
Secretary → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → President, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Wenberg
Executive Director - Ssga
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Smentek
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adam Guetter
Director
Director at Large → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andy Pulk
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bob Lindeman
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bob Worth
Director
Director → President, 2023
President → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brad Hovel
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Fruechte
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Nelsen
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cal Spronk
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Hill
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Toreen
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Goblish
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jamie Beyer
Director
President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Sorenson
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Kukowski
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joel Schreurs
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Keith Nelsen
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lawrence Sukalski
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Brown
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ray Hewitt
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Nelsen
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Brusven
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Nelson
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Rasmussen
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Trevore Brekken
Director
Director at Large → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Mesner
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gary Schoenfeld
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Cadieux
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Tischer
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin Remus
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lucas Peters
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Purfeerst
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Parker Revier
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jamie Seitzer
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Knutson
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Sip
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Seg Niebuhr
Senior Director of Technical
Senior Director of Technical Operations → Senior Director of Technical, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vernon Pooch
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Mages
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dusty Neugebauer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marcus Meiners
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raymond Demars
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Wolf
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Miller
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2020
1.8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Mackenthun
Vice President
Director at Large → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kyle Jore
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rose Karau
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (33)
- Former: Earl Ziegler (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Kim Nill (2020–2024) — Director of Market Development
- Former: Michael Petefish (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Mike Skaug (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Tom Grundman (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: William Gordon (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Rose Wendinger (2022–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Corey Hanson (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Matt Heers (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Nathan Potucek (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: James Seitzer (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Hansen (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jeremy Hanson (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jim Jirava (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Steve Commerford (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Theresia Gillie (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Kelli Sorenson (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Hannah Anderson (2022) — Director
- Former: Mary Dybedahl (2022) — Director
- Former: Nathan Legatt (2022) — Director
- Former: Christian Lilienthal (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Edward Arndorfer (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Gary Gertz (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jeremiah Hasnedl (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Matt Widboom (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Paul Freeman (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Tim Stelling (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Hannah Rehder (2021) — Director
- Former: David Kee (2020) — Director of Research
- Former: Ed Walsh (2020) — Director
- Former: Kurt Krueger (2020) — Director
- Former: Mike Youngerberg (2020) — Director of Product Development
- Former: Ron Bunjer (2020) — Director at Large
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Minnesota Soybean Growers Association
How large is Minnesota Soybean Growers Association?
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association reported $1.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.4M.
Where does Minnesota Soybean Growers Association operate?
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association has awarded grants in Minnesota.
What is Minnesota Soybean Growers Association's EIN?
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0178016. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 11, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 6, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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