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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SPECIALTY SOYA & GRAINS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,112,817
Total expenses
$1,256,138
Contributions and grants received
$621,564
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$491,090
Investment income
$163
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$589,571
Total liabilities, end of year
$577,003
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,568
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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

    $84,762

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $102,840

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $433,962

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $254,410 · related or exempt $254,410

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $197,500 · related or exempt $197,500

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TRADE CONFERENCE

    total $39,180 · related or exempt $39,180

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $163 · excluded $163

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $3,083

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $378,969

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $462

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,295

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $378,144

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,520

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,865

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,408

  • 17 · Travel

    total $254,665

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $80,380

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,850

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,635

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $25,036

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $23,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,921

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $5,529

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,376

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $22,293 · end of year $82,947

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $395,409 · end of year $428,338

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,859 · end of year $61,136

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

    $21,000

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

    $3,850

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,150

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $10,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $214,194 · end of year $466,970

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $66,978 · end of year $110,033

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $155,889 · end of year $12,568

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT COMMUNICATE THE QUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND AVAILABILITY OF IDENTITY-PRESERVED SOYA AND SPECIALTY GRAIN PRODUCTS.

  • ATP PROJECTS: USING FUNDING SECURED FROM AN AGRICULTURAL TRADE PROMOTION GRANT FROM THE USDA'S FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE, SSGA BEGAN WORK TO CREATE A U.S. IP BRAND AND DIGITAL IP EXCHANGE, TARGETING MARKETS IN NORTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND EUROPE. SSGA HIRED ONE TECHNICAL ADVISER FOR EACH REGION AND PROVIDED TRAINING FOR THE ADVISERS, ALONG WITH STAFF AND BOARD. SSGA ALSO COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO ANALYZE THE IP MARKET OPPORTUNITY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR U.S. IP BRAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CREATION OF IP TECHNICAL MANUALS TO HELP POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE IP SYSTEM. SSGA ALSO WORKED TO ADDRESS MARKET ISSUE, INCLUDING WORK WITH PARTNERS AND AGENCIES TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF JAPAN'S PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT.

  • INTERNATIONAL PHYTOSANITARY TRADE REGULATIONS: SSGA WORKED HEAVILY ON EDUCATING THE INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, ON CHANGES OF INTERNATIONAL PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION INVESTED HEAVILY INTO DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATION AND CONTINE TO GROW THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR U.S. GROWN SOYBEANS AND OTHER SPECIALTY GRAINS.

  • WORK WITH QUALIFIED STATE SOYBEAN BOARDS (QSSB): SSGA WORKS CLOSELY WITH QUALIFIED STATE SOYBEAN BOARDS, WHICH ARE THE ELECTED FARMERS OF EACH STATE WHO CARRY OUT THE SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH AND CONSUMER INFORMATION ACT. QSSB'S INVEST FARMER CHECKOFF MONEY INTO THE RESEARCH, PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKETS FOR SOYBEANS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SSGA WORKED TO IMPLEMENT GRANTS FOR QSSB'S TO GROW THE IP MARKETPLACE FOR U.S. SOYBEAN FARMERS. ADDITIONALLY, SSGA'S WORK HELPED TO EDUCATE CURRENT AND POTENTIAL IP SOYBEAN GROWERS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • DARWIN RADER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAKE NOLL

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB SINNER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN SEVERS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORDAN ATCHISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHUCK KUNISCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIC KRESIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GAIL DONKERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIC WENBERG

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
22 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510279349301196

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