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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,363,538
Total expenses
$1,128,935
Contributions and grants received
$2,209,916
Grants paid
$701,537
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$153,622
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,801,334
Total liabilities, end of year
$132,677
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,668,657
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$983,000
Management and general expenses
$108,868
Fundraising expenses
$37,067
Program service expenses (Part III)
$983,000

Program services were 87.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $100,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,063

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,099,853

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $427,240

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $156,134 · excluded $156,134

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $100,096

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

    securities $102,608

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,512

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,512 · excluded -$2,512

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $701,537 · program services $701,537

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $300,664 · program services $209,599 · management and general $59,805 · fundraising $31,260

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,783 · management and general $1,783

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,796 · management and general $6,796

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $21,296 · management and general $21,296

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,012 · program services $1,779 · management and general $233

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,925 · program services $569 · management and general $869 · fundraising $1,487

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,647 · program services $3,351 · management and general $3,845 · fundraising $451

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,204 · program services $901 · management and general $219 · fundraising $3,084

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,799 · program services $7,299 · management and general $899 · fundraising $601

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,156 · program services $330 · management and general $1,826

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $110 · program services $78 · management and general $19 · fundraising $13

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,502 · program services $1,065 · management and general $266 · fundraising $171

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPORT

    total $57,092 · program services $56,492 · management and general $600

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $9,983 · management and general $9,983

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $429 · management and general $429

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $468,849 · end of year $8,437

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,004 · end of year $569,103

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $254,468 · end of year $282,275

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $126

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $353 · end of year $4,809

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

    $550

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

    $165

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $495 · end of year $385

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,125,338 · end of year $6,908,863

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $27,336

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,447 · end of year $14,677

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $88,333 · end of year $118,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,915,206 · end of year $4,566,607

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,837,521 · end of year $3,102,050

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION'S GOAL IS TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ENSURING WISCONSIN HAS A HIGH SKILLED TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CONDUCT OF SCHOLARSHIP, EDUCATIONAL, SAFETY, AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLES IN SOCIETY, AND THE FURTHERANCE OF FREE ENTERPRISE.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $808,291 · Grants $701,537

  • EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN INCLUDING: FAMILIARIZE INDIVIDUALS TO THE VARIETY OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES AND THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH INFORMATION ON SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH AND INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES, PARTICIPATE IN THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION INSTITUTES TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROFESSIONAL STATUS AND HELP MANAGE THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE (ASE) PROGRAM THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN. STUDENT CAREER FAIR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAMS SERVING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN. ATTENDEES AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INTRODUCED TO A VARIETY OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES AND THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH INFORMATION ON SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH AND INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES TO APPLY ON ANY OPPORTUNITY IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT SEARCH. TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PREPARATION AND FACILITATION OF TWO TEACHER CERTIFICATION INSTITUTES FOR AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION TEACHERS TO ASSIST THEM IN MAINTAINING THEIR PROFESSIONAL STATUS. THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE PROVIDES WISCONSIN TEACHERS WITH PROFESSIONAL CREDIT HOURS. THE TRAINING SESSIONS HELP TEACHERS AND THEIR PROGRAMS KEEP UP ON CURRENT TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY AT HIGH INDUSTRY STANDARDS. ASE ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE WISCONSIN ASE THAT STARTED IN 1997. ASE IS A SATELLITE PROGRAM THAT ASSISTS AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDENTS PROVIDING INDUSTRY CERTIFIED CONTINUING EDUCATION AND LIFELONG EMPLOYMENT. THE FOUNDATION'S ASE PROGRAM SERVES 18 ACTIVE WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL AND CO-OP SITES, AND WELL OVER 2,000 STUDENTS. SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED TO 75+ NON-ACCREDITED TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN WISCONSIN. MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE FOUNDATION PARTNERING WITH TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND DEALERSHIPS TO FACILITATE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT SUMMER CAMPS. THESE WEEKLONG CAMP EXPERIENCES EXPOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION RELATED CAREER PATHWAYS. STUDENT COMPETITION EVENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FOUNDATION STAFF AND INDUSTRY VOLUNTEERS ON THE ANNUAL SKILLSUSA WISCONSIN AUTOMOTIVE COMPETITION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. THE FOUNDATION ALSO ASSISTS AND CONTRIBUTES TO OTHER WISCONSIN AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDENT COMPETITIONS.

    Expenses $174,709

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nolan Campbell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Karmala Sutton

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Ashley

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Adams

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark Homan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grahm Debes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Shannon Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Dahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Duffy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Ewald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Pietroske

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Symdon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bart Wignall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Toycen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Horner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Sepic

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $441,139
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $311,147
    Other
    $129,992
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $284,718 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $26,429 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $78,219 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $51,773 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $441,139 related
  • Matthew Lavold

    VICE PRESIDENT/CFO/CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $169,630
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $155,257
    Other
    $14,373
    Hours/week
    6 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $149,063 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,194 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,421 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,952 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $169,630 related
  • Brent Kindred

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $145,268
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,202
    Other
    $23,066
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
WHEN THE CURRENT PRESIDENT WAS HIRED IN 2008, WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION, INC., A RELATED ORGANIZATION, UTILIZED A TASK FORCE CONSISTING OF WATDA MEMBERS AND HIRED A SEARCH FIRM TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT A CANDIDATE. A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WAS THEN NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE CANDIDATE AND WATDA.

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442049349300854

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