Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by NATIONAL WATERMELON ASSOCIATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,491,198
- Total expenses
- $1,037,800
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,471,291
- Investment income
- $19,907
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,805,263
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $27,440
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,777,823
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $773,544
- Management and general expenses
- $264,256
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- not reported
Program services were 74.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING
total $38,319 · related or exempt $38,319
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2b · Program service revenue: AUCTION LOAD INCOME
total $511,973 · related or exempt $511,973
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2c · Program service revenue: CONVENTION INCOME
total $687,497 · related or exempt $687,497
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2d · Program service revenue: Membership Dues & Assessments
total $154,750 · related or exempt $154,750
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2e · Program service revenue: PROMOTION PROGRAM INCOME
total $77,792 · related or exempt $77,792
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $960 · related or exempt $960
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3 · Investment income
total $19,907 · related or exempt $19,907
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $348,904 · program services $212,832 · management and general $136,072
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,545 · management and general $3,545
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $15,968 · management and general $15,968
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $36,262 · management and general $36,262
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $29,602 · management and general $29,602
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17 · Travel
total $9,764 · program services $9,764
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $320,440 · program services $320,440
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $39,471 · management and general $39,471
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24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH
total $87,495 · program services $87,495
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24b · Other expenses: PROMOTIONS PROGRAM
total $51,751 · program services $51,751
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24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $50,800 · program services $50,800
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24d · Other expenses: FALL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
total $18,546 · program services $18,546
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24e · All other expenses
total $25,252 · program services $21,916 · management and general $3,336
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $613,088 · end of year $1,192,981
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $734,286 · end of year $534,276
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $34,029 · end of year $6,554
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $5,497 · end of year $5,497
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $65,955
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $87,475 · end of year $27,440
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,324,425 · end of year $1,777,823
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The National Watermelon Association promotes the best interests of the watermelon industry from production to consumption.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The National Watermelon Association strives to develop cooperation between growers, shipper,transportation companies, suppliers of production inputs and packaging, and buyers of watermelon.
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We were able to bring together over 250 leaders of the watermelon industry at meetings in two different locations during the fiscal year. Plans were laid for communications among industry members and for our outreach to consumers. We continued to spread our message about the health benefits of eating watermelon and the affordability of our fruit.
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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George SzczepanskiGEORGE SZCZEPANSKI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $167,865
- From this org
- $167,865
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Monica McCookMONICA MCCOOK
OFFICE MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $53,877
- From this org
- $53,877
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kerri WigginsKERRI WIGGINS
PROMOTIONS COORD.
- Total calculated
- $48,042
- From this org
- $48,042
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32
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Tamara Robinson CampanoTAMARA ROBINSON CAMPANO
ASSISTANT
- Total calculated
- $22,405
- From this org
- $22,405
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32
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Julianna SingleyJULIANNA SINGLEY
PROMOTIONS
- Total calculated
- $6,150
- From this org
- $6,150
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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George SzczepanskiGEORGE SZCZEPANSKI
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Hamilton DicksHAMILTON DICKS
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Bob GibsonBOB GIBSON
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Jordan CarterJORDAN CARTER
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Schedule J
Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:
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George SzczepanskiGEORGE SZCZEPANSKI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Schedule J breakdown
- Base
- $167,865
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $167,865
Answered yes
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 3 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202501549349301120
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