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WISCONSIN RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

EIN 39-1557486 FITCHBURG, WI

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Revenue 2024
$1,025,309
Expenses 2024
$917,043

Program services were 55.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2801 FISH HATCHERY RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE FOOD SERVICE AS A PROFESSIONAL CAREER PATH, ATTRACT AND EDUCATE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE INDUSTRY AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, QUALITY TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THOSE ALREADY WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF FOOD SERVICE STUDIES; TO MAKE AVAILABLE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN FOOD SERVICE RELATED FIELDS THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - THE FOUNDATION OFFERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH ARE GEARED TO ATTRACT AND EDUCATE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE INDUSTRY AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND CERTIFICATION FOR THOSE ALREADY WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDES THE PROSTART HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM WHICH COMBINES CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATION WITH REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE STUDENTS TOWARD SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND. THE FOUNDATION OFFERS SERVSAFE REVIEW COURSES AND CERTIFICATION EXAMS FOR INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE SEEKING A CERTIFIED FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER CREDENTIAL.

    Expenses $432,091 · Grants $750 · Revenue $572,280

  • SCHOLARSHIPS - THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS (BOTH TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL) SEEKING POST-SECONDARY DEGREES IN CULINARY ARTS AND/OR RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT. THE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERS SCHOLARSHIPS FUNDED BY ITS OWN ENDOWMENT FUND, WHICH ARE AWARDED ONCE A MINIMUM ENDOWMENT THRESHOLD HAS BEEN MET. SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES INCLUDE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SOLICITING APPLICANTS, PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, ORGANIZING THE SELECTION PROCESS, NOTIFYING WINNERS, AND ADMINISTERING FUNDS TO THE WINNERS' SCHOOLS OF CHOICE.

    Expenses $31,688 · Grants $21,125

  • MEMBER SERVICES - MEMBER SERVICES CONSISTS OF PROVIDING GUIDANCE, SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO PROMOTE MEMBER SATISFACTION. THE LOCAL CHAPTERS ARE OPERATING TO FURTHER THE ASSOCIATION'S MISSION BY FOCUSING ON THEIR REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES. THE ASSOCIATION ASSISTS WITH ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTER MEETINGS AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT ON NEW CHAPTERS AND CHANGES IN BOUNDARIES. THE ASSOCIATION SELLS DINING GIFT CERTIFICATES TO THE PUBLIC THAT CAN BE REDEEMED AT ANY PARTICIPATING MEMBER RESTAURANT WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE EXPOSURE TO THESE MEMBERS.

    Expenses $31,048

  • PUBLIC RELATIONS - CONSISTS OF EFFORTS TO ADVANCE FOOD SERVICE TOURISM GOALS BY PROMOTING A POSITIVE INDUSTRY IMAGE THROUGH PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROFESSIONALISM, AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $14,386

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Vicki Mendham

    CHAIR (THRU APRIL)/IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Anderson

    CHAIR ELECT (THRU APRIL)/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bryon Coleman

    TREASURER (THRU APRIL)/CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maggie Kauer

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER (BEGIN MAY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Schupbach

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Palzkill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Hammen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mike Balistieri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Beauchamp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Bernard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Bernhardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Broekman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Bulgrin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Carbiener

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barkha Daily

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Demers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Fanning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristal Gernes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Jabs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luis Melendez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Klaus Nitsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Olson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Pacovsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hakim Salaam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,025,309
    Expenses
    $917,043
    Contributions
    $346,817
    Grants paid
    $21,875
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $896,522
    Expenses
    $809,808
    Contributions
    $319,710
    Grants paid
    $20,950
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $989,062
    Expenses
    $792,693
    Contributions
    $637,223
    Grants paid
    $20,150

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $842,146
    Expenses
    $670,096
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,605,124
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $720,576
    Expenses
    $633,192
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,463,624
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $805,652
    Expenses
    $782,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,320,862
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $772,888
    Expenses
    $762,335
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,237,324
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $847,376
    Expenses
    $783,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,320,727
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $801,106
    Expenses
    $802,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,220,446
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $770,243
    Expenses
    $711,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,185,087
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $693,493
    Expenses
    $590,645
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,167,090
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $636,328
    Expenses
    $568,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,078,081

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.