Nonprofit · EIN 38-1160980
WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $680,166 | $778,645 | -$98,479 | $141,196 | $94,851 | $46,345 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $722,921 | $833,001 | -$110,080 | $153,010 | $8,186 | $144,824 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $821,146 | $794,277 | $26,869 | $261,001 | $6,097 | $254,904 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $21,563
- Program service revenue
- $196,695
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $461,908
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $479,822
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $479,822
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,174
- Occupancy
- $20,328
- Travel
- $18,816
- Depreciation
- $5,176
- Program services (functional)
- $727,516
- Management and general (functional)
- $51,129
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $153,010
- Total assets, end of year
- $141,196
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $94,851
- Net assets, end of year
- $46,345
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $46,345
- Gross unrelated business income
- $460,868
- Gross receipts
- $680,166
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1917
- State of legal domicile
- MI
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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIANNA STAMPFLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RONALDO PASCUAL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ARAH JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF SWANSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE SERINO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| AMANDA WILKIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KYLE ORR | TREASURER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DIANE THOMPSON | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NICK NERBONNE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LARRY WOZNIAK | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SAMMIE LUKASKIEWICZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JENNIFER SLATRUNK | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE LORENZ | EX OFFICIO Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KIRSTEN BORGSTROM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TIM HYGH | 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS ROWLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JODIE BISSONETTE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KIRSTEN BORGSTROM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LINDA FREYBLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TIM HYGH | 2ND VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ARAH JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE LORENZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SAMMIE LUKASKIEWICZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BOB LUKENS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NICK NERBONNE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KYLE ORR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHRIS ROWLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE SERINO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JENNIFER SISTRUNK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DIANNA STAMPFLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF SWANSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DIANE THOMPSON | 1ST VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LARRY WOZNIAK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JODIE BISSONETTE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| PATTI CORNWELL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| LINDA FREYBLER | 1ST VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TIM HYGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| ARAH JOHNSON | 2ND VICE PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE LORENZ | EX OFFICIO Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| SAMMIE LUKASKIEWICZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| KYLE ORR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| CHRIS ROWLEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| DAVE SERINO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| JENNIFER SLATRUNK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| JEFF SWANSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DIANE THOMPSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| MAIA TUREK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LARRY WOZNIAK | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
| AMY ZAPAL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.8 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 721 KENMOOR AVE SE STE D, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546-2306
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAN SIPPEL, 721 KENMOOR AVENUE SE SUITE D, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546
- Signed the 990
- DAN SIPPEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (616) 245-2217
- Website
- WWW.WMTA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- REHMANN ROBSON LLC
Mission
TO PROMOTE VISITATION TO WEST MICHIGAN. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL THROUGH PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTING THEM THROUGH TRAVEL SHOWS, MEMBERS AND GENERATED INQUIRIES THROUGH THE WEBSITE. AT YEAR END WE HAD 522 MEMBERS.
Program accomplishments
- TO PROMOTE VISITATION TO WEST MICHIGAN. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL THROUGH PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTING THEM THROUGH TRAVEL SHOWS, MEMBERS AND GENERATED INQUIRIES THROUGH THE WEBSITE. AT YEAR END WE HAD 522 MEMBERS.Expenses $727,516
- TO PROMOTE VISITATION TO WEST MICHIGAN. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL THROUGH PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTING THEM THROUGH TRAVEL SHOWS, MEMBERS AND GENERATED INQUIRIES THROUGH THE WEBSITE. AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE HAD 682 MEMBERS.
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 August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 38-1160980
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1962
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $141,196
- Income (IRS master file)
- $680,166
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $680,166 | $778,645 | $141,196 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2024 | $722,921 | $833,001 | $153,010 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $821,146 | $794,277 | $261,001 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | 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 38-1160980).
Questions about WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION is 38-1160980.
- Is WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1962.
- Are donations to WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION 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 WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names DAN SIPPEL.
- Who are the officers and directors of WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WEST MICHIGAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $680,166, expenses of $778,645 and total assets of $141,196 at year end.
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