Nonprofit · EIN 04-3614996
DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL
Tax-exempt · NEWARK, DE 19711
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $177,711 | $185,365 | -$7,654 | $157,315 | $86,731 | $70,584 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $173,788 | $170,186 | $3,602 | $170,967 | $92,729 | $78,238 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $164,870 | $175,703 | -$10,833 | $155,975 | $81,339 | $74,636 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $177,711
- Membership dues
- $177,711
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,800
- Travel
- $2,624
- Program services (functional)
- $140,870
- Management and general (functional)
- $44,495
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $170,967
- Total assets, end of year
- $157,315
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $86,731
- Net assets, end of year
- $70,584
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $70,584
- Gross receipts
- $177,711
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2002
- State of legal domicile
- DE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIE MIRO WENGER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $177,981 |
| PAULA JANSSEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LORI PRICE ABRAMS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LAUREN VELLA | DE MD DC BEVERAGE ASSOC Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| WHITTLEY MCWILLIAMS | WAWA Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TOM CORMIER | GIANT/AHOLD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SYDNEY HAND | FOOD LION/DELHAIZE AMERICA Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| DANA WARD | ALBERTSONS COMPANIES/ACME Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| VERONICA NG | WALGREENS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ALICIA PALOMBO | CVS HEALTH Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BEN PEARLMAN | NACDS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JERMAINE SMITH | RITE AID Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MELISSA KENNY | DELAWARE SUPERMARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GARY REDNER | REDNER MARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JAMIE LAUVER | WEISS MARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNA CARMELA HINDERAKER | C&S WHOLESALER Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GARY FECHTER | WEGMANS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIE MIRO WENGER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $158,583 |
| PAULA JANSSEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LORI PRICE ABRAMS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ELLEN VALENTINO | DE MD DC BEVERAGE ASSOC Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JEANNE EICHENGER | WAWA Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TOM CORMIER | GIANT/AHOLD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER GARDNER | FOOD LION/DELHAIZE AMERICA Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| DANA WARD | ALBERTSONS COMPANIES/ACME Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BRYAN LOWE | WALGREENS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| ZACHARY PETERS | CVS HEALTH Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BEN PEARLMAN | NACDS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JERMAINE SMITH | RITE AID Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MELISSA KENNY | DELAWARE SUPERMARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GARY REDNER | REDNER MARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIE MIRO WENGER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $165,406 |
| RICH KENNY | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PAULA JANSSEN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LORI PRICE ABRAMS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ELLEN VALENTINO | DE MD DC BEVERAGE ASSOC Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JEANNE EICHENGER | WAWA Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TOM CORMIER | GIANT/AHOLD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER GARDNER | FOOD LION/DELHAIZE AMERICA Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| DANA WARD | ALBERTSONS COMPANIES/ACME Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BRYAN LOWE | WALGREENS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| PAUL SPEIDELL | CVS HEALTH Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| BEN PEARLMAN | NACDS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| JERMAINE SMITH | RITE AID Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MELISSA KENNY | DELAWARE SUPERMARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| GARY REDNER | REDNER MARKETS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4 CABOT PL, NEWARK, DE 19711-2987
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JULIE MIRO WENGER, 4 CABOT PLACE, NEWARK, DE 19711
- Signed the 990
- JULIE MIRO WENGER, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (302) 545-8305
- Return prepared by
- AKA ADVISORY LLC
Mission
DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL, THE ONLY STATEWIDE TRADE ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO REPRESENT FOOD RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS AND THEIR SUPPLIERS IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. IT WORKS TO CREATE A STRONGER, UNITED FOOD INDUSTRY IN DELAWARE. THE DFIC REPRESENTS THE FOOD INDUSTRY AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT FOOD RETAILERS HAVE A VOICE ON LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES. DFIC REPRESENTS MORE THAN 10,000 EMPLOYEES IN DELAWARE.
Program accomplishments
- THE ORGANIZATION KEEP MEMBERS INFORMED OF REGULATIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR OPERATIONS TIMELY; DISCUSSES THE IMPACT AND IMPLEMETATION OF THE REGULATIONS; AND PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET AND NETWORK WITH LEGISLATORS DURING THE YEAR TO DISCUSS THE REGULATIONS. DFIC PROMOTES OPEN COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION AROUND THE LEGISLATION AS IT AFFECTS THE FOOD INDUSTRY.Expenses $140,870
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-3614996
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2004
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $157,315
- Income (IRS master file)
- $177,711
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $177,711 | $185,365 | $157,315 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $173,788 | $170,186 | $170,967 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $164,870 | $175,703 | $155,975 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-3614996).
Questions about DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL
- What is the EIN of DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL is 04-3614996.
- Is DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 2004.
- Are donations to DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JULIE MIRO WENGER.
- Who are the officers and directors of DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $177,981 (JULIE MIRO WENGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does DELAWARE FOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $177,711, expenses of $185,365 and total assets of $157,315 at year end.
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