Nonprofit · EIN 27-1136786
WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · HARTLAND, WI 53029
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $106,736 | $86,122 | $20,614 | $1,909,448 | $0 | $1,909,448 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $92,912 | $96,525 | -$3,613 | $1,786,956 | $0 | $1,786,956 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $65,281 | $89,698 | -$24,417 | $1,750,516 | $0 | $1,750,516 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $106,736
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $36,678
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $25,789
- Other salaries and wages
- $12,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $13,223
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $2,009
- Travel
- $385
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,786,956
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,909,448
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,909,448
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,877,272
- Gross receipts
- $169,332
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 12
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- WI
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX GOODMAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARK POSTEL | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS HEGEMAN | SECRETARY (BEG MID-FEB) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BALDUZZI | TREASURER (THRU MID-FEB) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BEN BRAUN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS HEMBROOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICK BALDUZZI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL MENGHINI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE HUGHES | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PEDER ANDERSON | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATE EHLEN | TREASURER (BEG MID-FEB) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB BUSWELL | SECRETARY (THRU MID-FEB) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PETE KLINGBEIL | DIRECTOR (THRU MID-FEB) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS HEGEMAN | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX GOODMAN | VICE-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BALDUZZI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB BUSWELL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PETE KLINGBEIL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK POSTEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL QUANDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICK BALDUZZI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE HUGHES | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PEDER ANDERSON | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS HEGEMAN | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX GOODMAN | VICE-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID BALDUZZI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ERIK HALVORSEN | SECRETARY (THRU JANUARY) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB BUSWELL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PETE KLINGBEIL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK POSTEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL QUANDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICK BALDUZZI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOE HUGHES | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PEDER ANDERSON | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT RASMUSSEN | TREASURER (THRU JANUARY) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- W289N9394 DIEBALL RD, HARTLAND, WI 53029-9583
- In care of
- % WI LUMBER DEALERS EDU
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ALEX GOODMAN, W289 N9394 DIEBALL RD, HARTLAND, WI 53029
- Signed the 990
- ALEX GOODMAN, CHAIR
- Phone
- (262) 313-7672
- Website
- WLDEF.COM
- Return prepared by
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
Mission
THE WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. (WLDEF) IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHICH WAS CREATED AND SHALL BE OPERATED TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE RETAIL LUMBER INDUSTRY IN WISCONSIN AND THE MICHIGAN UPPER PENINSULA. THE WLDEF WILL SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO CURRENT WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN BASED MEMBERS. THE WLDEF WILL SUPPORT ATTENDANCE AT EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES AND WILL DISSEMINATE EDUCATIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS INDUSTRY. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE BUILDING TRADES TO PURSUE POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
Program accomplishments
- DURING 2025 THE FOUNDATION AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 5 (PAID OUT 4) INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN A COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR ACCREDITED VOCATIONAL PROGRAM OF HIGH LEARNING AND WHO HAVE INTEREST IN A CAREER THAT CENTERS ON, OR SUPPORTS, THE LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS INDUSTRY, THE BUILDING TRADES, OR IN SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDED TUITION ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS' EMPLOYEES WHO ATTENDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS INDUSTRY. WLDEF CO-SPONSORED THE WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOR RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING WITH PEERS. THIS EVENT WAS HELD IN JANUARY 2025 AND SPONSORED INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES.
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-1136786
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,909,448
- Income (IRS master file)
- $169,332
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $106,736 | $86,122 | $1,909,448 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $92,912 | $96,525 | $1,786,956 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $65,281 | $89,698 | $1,750,516 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $29,549 | $84,016 | $1,659,816 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 27-1136786).
Questions about WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC is 27-1136786.
- Is WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 2012.
- Are donations to WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC 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 WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ALEX GOODMAN.
- Who are the officers and directors of WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WISCONSIN LUMBER DEALERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $106,736, expenses of $86,122 and total assets of $1,909,448 at year end.
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