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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WISCONSIN CRANBERRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$947,106
Total expenses
$523,107
Contributions and grants received
$852,593
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,803
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$65,710
Total assets, end of year
$4,181,014
Total liabilities, end of year
$889,064
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,291,950
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$379,198
Management and general expenses
$143,909
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$379,198

Program services were 72.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $5,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $577,760

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $269,833

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,665

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $28,803 · related or exempt $28,803

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $20,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $5,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,518

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,982 · excluded $5,982

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $8,740

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $8,740 · excluded $8,740

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $431,875

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $388,184

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $43,691 · unrelated business $43,691

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $7,297 · excluded $7,297

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,297

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $56,469 · management and general $56,469

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,347 · management and general $49,347

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $16,315 · management and general $16,315

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,670 · program services $18,666 · management and general $5,004

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,614 · management and general $1,614

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $67,944 · program services $61,611 · management and general $6,333

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62,031 · program services $59,797 · management and general $2,234

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $245,717 · program services $239,124 · management and general $6,593

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,550 · end of year $3,177

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,451 · end of year $213,581

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $227,848 · end of year $477,073

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,852 · end of year $9,752

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

    $4,343,646

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

    $998,079

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,331,423 · end of year $3,345,567

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $91,418 · end of year $121,508

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,356

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $205,673 · end of year $182,476

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $630,918 · end of year $688,287

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $18,301

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,857,951 · end of year $3,108,686

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $183,264

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WISCONSIN CRANBERRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES; AND SPECIFICALLY TO (1) PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR CRANBERRY GROWERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CRANBERRY GROWERS; (2) DEVELOP A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATED TO THE HORTICULTURE OF CRANBERRIES; AND (3) RESEARCH AND DEVELOP BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ALL ASPECTS OF CRANBERRY PRODUCTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR CRANBERRY GROWERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CRANBERRY GROWERS; DEVELOP A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATED TO THE HORTICULTURE OF CRANBERRIES; AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOP BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ALL ASPECTS OF CRANBERRY PRODUCTION.

  • RESEARCH STATION - THE FOUNDATION PURCHASED A 130-ACRE OPERATING CRANBERRY MARSH AND RELATED EQUIPMENT TO CREATE A CRANBERRY PRODUCTION RESEARCH FACILITY. THE 130 ACRES INCLUDES 33 ACRES OF OPERATING CRANBERRY BEDS.

    Expenses $319,401

  • CRANBERRY SCHOOL - THE FOUNDATION HOSTS A TWO-DAY PROGRAM THAT CRANBERRY GROWERS, AND THOSE INTERESTED, CAN ATTEND. THE PROGRAM DISCUSSES TOPICS RELATED TO THE CRANBERRY FIELD, SUCH AS INSECTS, PESTICIDES, POLLINATION, DRONES, PESTS AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT, AND GIVES NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY TO GROWERS. ALSO INCLUDES GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. THIS ANNUAL PROGRAM IS SPONSORED AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF THE WISCONSIN CRANBERRY RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE WISCONSIN STATE CRANBERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE UW-MADISON DIVISION OF EXTENSION.

    Expenses $28,244 · Revenue $28,803

  • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP STRONG LEADERS FOR AGRICULTURE AND THE CRANBERRY COMMUNITY. THIS IS AIMED TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY AND ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $31,553

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Wolfe

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jim Van Wychen

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Danielle Anderson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John Stauner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Robert Detlefsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jed Colguhon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward A Grygleski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Hahn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Hatch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Jonjak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Sawyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Schultz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nodji Van Wychen

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202442279349303654

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