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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FARMERS EDUCATIONAL & COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA-WISCONSIN DIV.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,421,845
Total expenses
$2,358,629
Contributions and grants received
$1,230,943
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$158,074
Investment income
$1,937,517
Other revenue
$95,311
Total assets, end of year
$35,999,714
Total liabilities, end of year
$962,736
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$35,036,978
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $14,491

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $486,446

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $599,962

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $130,044

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,354

  • 2a · Program service revenue: KAMP KENWOOD NON-MEMBER FEES

    total $66,444 · related or exempt $66,444

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $46,431 · related or exempt $46,431

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL

    total $27,579 · related or exempt $27,579

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONVENTION INCOME

    total $17,620 · related or exempt $17,620

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,950,196 · excluded $1,950,196

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,460

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,460

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,460 · excluded $13,460

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $395,500

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $408,179

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$12,679

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$12,679 · excluded -$12,679

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $64,892 · unrelated business $64,892

  • 11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROMOTION

    total $19,105 · unrelated business $19,105

  • 11c · Other revenue: FOUNDING FARMERS NOVA, K-1

    total $5,667 · unrelated business $5,667

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total -$7,813 · unrelated business -$7,813

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $81,851

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $245,465

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,003,471

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $129,213

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $109,257

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $347

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,217

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,839

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $97,185

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $116,397

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,131

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $106,327

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $55,975

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,595

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $268,678

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $47,871

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM EXP

    total $32,404

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECTORS FEES & EXPENSES

    total $23,483

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,774

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,821,244 · end of year $1,340,891

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $260,835 · end of year $2,852,131

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $628,614 · end of year $872,359

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $7,279 · end of year $1,937

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,050 · end of year $46,082

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $990,670

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $632,185

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $402,745 · end of year $358,485

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $27,597,727 · end of year $30,776,035

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year -$81,505 · end of year -$248,206

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $165,226 · end of year $66,378

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $39,881 · end of year $40,926

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $809,697

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $38,323 · end of year $45,735

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,324,429 · end of year $34,924,859

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $113,130 · end of year $112,119

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION, A MEMBER-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILY FARMERS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND ALL PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • ADULT EDUCATION: EVENTS INCLUDED WOMEN LANDOWNERS SHARING CONSERVATION PRACTICES, RUNNING FOR LOCAL OFFICE, GRAZING AND PASTURE WALKS, WATER QUALITY WORKSHOP, RURAL REVITALIZATION EVENTS, AND REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED TO ATTEND CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, FINANCIAL PLANNING BOOT CAMP, AND WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE. WFU ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR FARMERS TO RECEIVE PRODUCE SAFETY TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WITH HELP FROM A NATIONAL FARMERS UNION GRANT.

  • YOUTH PROGRAMS: OVER 250 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER CAMP. DAY CAMPS, LIBRARY DAYS, AND EVENTS WERE OFFERED FOCUSING ON AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

  • POLICY EDUCATION: MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE CIVIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN MADISON AND WASHINGTON DC. SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT FUTURE LEADERS THROUGH BEGINNING FARMS INSTITUTE, WISCONSIN EMERGING LEADERS WORKSHOPS, AND FARMERS UNION EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Keown-Bomar

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $127,411
    From this org
    $103,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,058
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • Darin Von Ruden

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $80,994
    From this org
    $80,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Michael Slattery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $26,060
    From this org
    $26,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Gorell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rachel Bouressa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,900
    From this org
    $1,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Ceylor

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $1,300
    From this org
    $1,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jen Schmitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,100
    From this org
    $1,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tina Hinchley

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $900
    From this org
    $900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Sarah Lloyd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $800
    From this org
    $800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Rosen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION SVC ASSN IN

    C CORP · RENTAL · WI · 100% owned · share of income -$227,918 · share of assets $2,959,758

    Directly controlled by FARMERS ED

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430299349301773

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