WISCONSIN BIOFUELS ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: WISCONSIN BIOFUELS ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 47-3681908)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-05-09
IRS object ID: 201701299349300445
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule C
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-05-09T14:22:45-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	391203191	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SVA CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCTS SC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1221 JOHN Q HAMMONS DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53717	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	473681908	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WISCONSIN BIOFUELS ASSOCIATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WISC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6088190150	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	16 N CARROLL STREET NO 600	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53703	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT WELCH	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6088190150	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-05-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KIRSTEN HOUGHTON	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01273230	PTIN
Phone	6088318181	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-05-02	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	69.128.11.234	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-05-08	IPDt
IP Tm	17:29:29	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6C597F3402B5AD52C40AAF0FB1F16D023E8BE085	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBERT WELCH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	16 N CARROLL ST STE 600	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53703	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$237,888	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	2015	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROMOTES THE PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE BIOFUELS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	6	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$150,833	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$173,500	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$237,888	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$324,333	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$237,888	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$208,448	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$105,882	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$208,448	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$105,882	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$115,885	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$132,006	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$115,885	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$247,891	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$115,885	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$247,891	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	PROMOTES THE PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND UTILIZATION OF RENEWABLE BIOFUELS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DEALING WITH ETHANOL USE BY SMALL ENGINES AND WITH AIR EMISSION MODELING OF OCTANE ENHANCING COMPOUNDS, SPECIFICALLY ETHANOL VERSUS AROMATICS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SECURING A FEDERAL USDA GRANT FOR THE STATE FOR COST SHARING OF THE INSTALLATION OF BLENDER PUMPS AT WISCONSIN RETAIL LOCATIONS. THIS WILL INCREASE THE PERCENT SHARE OF ETHANOL IN THE AUTOMOTIVE FUEL SUPPLY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	GENERAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES - IN ADDITION TO FORMAL LOBBYING ON TOPICS, THE ORGANIZATION WORKED ON INTRODUCING ITS MEMBERS TO POLICY MAKERS, GOT INVOLVED IN SEVERAL PROJECTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (BOTH PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE), AND HELPED EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS ON THE GENERAL STATE OF THE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN WISCONSIN.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (1)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROBERT WELCH	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6088190150	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	16 N CARROLL STREET SUITE 600	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53703	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ERIK HUSCHITT
PRESIDENT	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BOB SATHER
SECRETARY/TREASURER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DALE DRACHENBERG
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HOWARD BOPPART
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM LEITING
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BARB BONTRAGER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT WELCH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
MEMBER DUES	900099	$217,500	$217,500
ETHANOL COST SHARE STU	900099	$15,888	$15,888
ASSOCIATE MEMBER DUES	900099	$4,500	$4,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$237,888	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$237,888	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$237,888	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,459	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$448	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,300	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,000	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,000	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$850	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ETHANOL COST SHARE STUD	Desc
Total	$39,825	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,882	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,891	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,891	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,891	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,891	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,885	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,891	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$132,006	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	0	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	0	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$222,000	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$17,000	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$17,000	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$17,760	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Taxable	-$760	TaxableAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S NET ASSETS UPON THE ORGANIZATION'S DISSOLUTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	REVIEW PROCESS FOR FORM 990: A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. ONCE APPROVED, THE FORM 990 IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.