WISCONSIN CRANBERRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

EIN 39-1966776 WISC RAPIDS, WI

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Revenue 2024: $821,530
Expenses 2024: $538,468

Program services were 63.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: U125
Classification: 1000
Street: PO BOX 1082

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $342,758

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.

Bill WolfeBILL WOLFE

PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR (CHANGED IN JULY)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Steven BartlingSTEVEN BARTLING

PRESIDENT (FROM JULY)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Edward A GrygleskiEDWARD A GRYGLESKI

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Danielle AndersonDANIELLE ANDERSON

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
John StaunerJOHN STAUNER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Robert DetlefsenROBERT DETLEFSEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jed ColguhonJED COLGUHON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Stephanie BennettSTEPHANIE BENNETT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steve HahnSTEVE HAHN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bill HatchBILL HATCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Allison JonjakALLISON JONJAK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mary SawyerMARY SAWYER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jim PetersonJIM PETERSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Scott SchultzSCOTT SCHULTZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nodji Van WychenNODJI VAN WYCHEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steve GebhardtSTEVE GEBHARDT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jim Van WychenJIM VAN WYCHEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John MossJOHN MOSS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rocky BiegelROCKY BIEGEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nicole HansenNICOLE HANSEN

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$821,530

Expenses

$538,468

Contributions

$954,913

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$947,106

Expenses

$523,107

Contributions

$852,593

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$821,530	$538,468	$954,913	$0
2022	$947,106	$523,107	$852,593	$0

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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$699,172

Expenses

$387,407

Assets (EOY)

$3,704,542
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$568,144

Expenses

$454,875

Assets (EOY)

$3,178,379
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$513,766

Expenses

$479,322

Assets (EOY)

$2,448,539
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,357,570

Expenses

$469,915

Assets (EOY)

$2,457,558
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,235,296

Expenses

$472,019

Assets (EOY)

$2,417,245
2017 · 990

Revenue

$299,307

Expenses

$419,119

Assets (EOY)

$1,535,577

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$699,172	$387,407	$3,704,542
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$568,144	$454,875	$3,178,379
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$513,766	$479,322	$2,448,539
2018	990	$1,357,570	$469,915	$2,457,558
2018	990	$1,235,296	$472,019	$2,417,245
2017	990	$299,307	$419,119	$1,535,577

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

WISCONSIN CRANBERRY BOARD INC

$217,450

2022 WISCONSIN CRANBERRY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WISCONSIN CRANBERRY BOARD INC

$192,079

2023 WISCONSIN CRANBERRY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WISCONSIN CRANBERRY BOARD INC

$50,000

2024 WISCONSIN CRANBERRY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WISCONSIN STATE CRANBERY GROWERS ASSOCIATION

$6,000

2022 ANNUAL WCREF DONATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE EQUIPMENT

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 PC.

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.