AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION (EIN 42-0688064)
Tax period: 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
Filed: 2019-06-11
IRS object ID: 201901629349300970
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-06-11T16:42:25-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	430765316	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RubinBrown LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	One North Brentwood	AddressLine1Txt
City	Saint Louis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63105	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	420688064	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	American Soybean Association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3145761770	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr No 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	Saint Louis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63141	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Ryan Findlay	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3145761770	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-06-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Kimberly A Ryan	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00829977	PTIN
Phone	3142903300	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	204.134.176.34	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-06-11	IPDt
IP Tm	16:15:57	IPTm
IP Timezone	MD	IPTimezoneCd
Federal Original Submission Id	43593320181910336e00	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2018-07-10	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	DA2A61144641BC7479ACD83DF5BDC5B005B79A14	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amended Return	Yes (X)	AmendedReturnInd
Principal Officer	Ryan Findlay	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr No 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	Saint Louis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63141	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$27,971,395	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.soygrowers.com	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1946	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO REPRESENT U.S. SOYBEAN FARMERS IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SOYBEANS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	57	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	57	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	30	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$80,805	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$10,204	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$19,464,711	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$22,802,151	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$116,801	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$440,409	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,791,773	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,324,142	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$21,373,285	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$25,566,702	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	$3,696,298	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,980,839	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$17,670,650	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$20,321,738	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$21,366,948	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$24,302,577	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,337	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,264,125	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$9,272,856	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$11,233,876	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$6,534,098	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$7,321,080	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,738,758	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,912,796	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE ASSOCIATION STRIVES TO SERVE FARMERS BY PROTECTING AND INCREASING THE MARKET VALUE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOYBEAN FARMERS BY LEADING A SUCCESSFUL SOYBEAN INDUSTRY THAT IS MEETING THE FOOD, FEED AND ENERGY NEEDS OF A GROWING WORLD. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY ASA VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF GUIDED BY PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRITY, MEMBER DRIVEN, OPENNESS, SERVICE AND STEWARDSHIP IN CARRYING OUT THEIR GOVERNING AND MANAGEMENT DUTIES ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETS ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS FOR U.S. SOYBEAN ANDSOYBEAN PRODUCTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOREIGN AGRICULTURALSERVICE OF THE USDA. THE ASSOCIATION CONTRACTS WITH THE U.S.SOYBEAN EXPORT COUNCIL TO DEVELOP SOME OF THESE FOREIGN MARKETPROGRAMS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	THE ASSOCIATION IS INVOLVED WITH PARTNERS AND CONSTITUENTS INMAINTAINING EXISTING MARKETS, BUILDING EMERGING MARKETS,IDENTIFYING NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOYBEANS/SOY PRODUCTS ANDPROVIDING LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	THE ASSOCIATION PROMOTES THE SOYBEAN INDUSTRY TO POLICYMAKERS/INFLUENCERS SO THEY RECOGNIZE IT AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TOTHE U.S. ECONOMY.	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	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	34	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	30	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	GH	ForeignCountryCd
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	57	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	57	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	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	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	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	BRIAN VAUGHT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3147541298	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12125 Woodcrest Executive Dr No 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	Saint Louis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63141	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (64 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Bill Gordon
Treasurer	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bill Raben
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bill Wykes
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bob Shaffer
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brad Doyle
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brad Kremer
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bret Davis
Director	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brian Kemp
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brian Ogletree
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brook Hurst
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bruce Hall
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles Atkinson
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cliff Barron
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cory Devillier
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dan Roe
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Poppens
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Davie Stephens
Secretary	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dean Coleman
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Don Lutz
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ed Erickson
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EL Reed
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eric Maupin
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George Goblish
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gerry Hayden
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeff Sollars
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jerry Bambauer
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jimmy Thomas
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joe Steinsamp
Director	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joel Schreurs
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Heisdorffer
Vice President	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ken Boswell
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kendall Culp
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin Hoyer
Director	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin Scott
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kurt Krueger
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lance Peterson
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lawrence Sukalski
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark Jackson
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matt Stutzman
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mike Cunningham
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Monte Peteron
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Morey Hill
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pam Snelson
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ray Gaesser
Chairman	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard Wilkins
Chairman	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ron Moore
President	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ronnie Russell
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ryan Kirby
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sam Butler
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stan Born
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ted Glaub
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Todd DuMond
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wade Cowan
Director	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wayne Frederricks
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Willard Jack
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wyatt Whitford
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Censky
CEO	40.00		Yes (X)	$330,693	$0	$31,028
Brian Vaught
CFO	40.00		Yes (X)	$127,664	$0	$26,641
Jim Hershey
Executive Director WISHH	40.00			$132,923	$0	$25,998	Yes (X)
William Schuermann
Executive Director Assoc	40.00			$140,113	$0	$24,514	Yes (X)
Victoria Wilks
Chief Operating Officer - WISHH	40.00			$139,449	$0	$14,530	Yes (X)
Jill Wagenblast
Director of Communications and Planning	40.00			$105,536	$0	$10,938	Yes (X)
Josh Niederman
Regional Director, Africa	40.00			$252,091	$0	$3,113	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,228,469	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$136,762	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	7	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd
Gordley Associates
600 Pennsylvania Ave SE Ste 320	Washington	DC	20003	Representation Services	$1,329,474
ADRA International
12501 Old Columbia Pike	Silver Spring	MD	20904	Representation Services	$1,092,029
Kansas State University
203 Shellenberger Hall	Manhattan	KS	66506	Representation Services	$462,299
SoyPak Private Limited
				Representation Services	$152,593	Flat 8 2nd Fllor Gulistan Chamber	Karachi	PK
TBWA Markcom
				Representation Services	$142,361	30 Farrar Ave Adabraka	Accra	GH

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	7	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
IM PROGRAMS	900099	$15,223,265	$15,223,265
FOREIGN FOOD AID PROGRAMS	900099	$3,439,397	$3,439,397
CORPORATE PROGRAMS	451110	$3,068,908	$3,049,103	$19,805
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	$1,070,581	$1,070,581

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$22,802,151	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$62,877	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$62,877	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$615,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$615,000	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,782,225	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,404,693	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$377,532	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$377,532	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$377,532	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
commodity classic	900099	$1,154,437	$1,154,437
Pension Income	900099	$357,707	$357,707
NICRA Revenue	900099	$99,626	$99,626

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$97,372	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$61,000	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$36,372	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,709,142	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$25,566,702	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$22,782,346	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$80,805	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,703,551	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$522,380	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,533,113	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$261,824	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$433,511	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$230,011	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,650	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,000	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,176	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,361,805	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$322,550	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,868	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$381,701	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$963,161	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,658	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,571	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
FAS PROGRAMS	$12,484,539
Programs, events and de	$1,511,271
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$57,788

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,302,577	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$900,968	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,507,289	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$970,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,036,082	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,281,102	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,156,973	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,165	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,948	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$139,320	BOYAmt
EOY	$266,196	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$580,602	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$554,834	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,883	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,768	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,926,762	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,214,620	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,272,856	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,233,876	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,610,398	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,778,032	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,216,513	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,701,372	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$609,300	BOYAmt
EOY	$192,300	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,097,887	BOYAmt
EOY	$649,376	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,534,098	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,321,080	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,738,758	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,912,796	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,738,758	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,912,796	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,272,856	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,233,876	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,264,125	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$90,087	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	Yes (1)	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	0	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	0	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,253	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,253	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$470,913	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$447,073	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$23,840	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$103,436	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$101,508	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,928	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$25,768	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	NET PENSION LIABILITY	Desc
Amt	$649,376	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$649,376	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$25,444,439	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$90,087	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$90,087	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$25,534,526	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$32,176	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$32,176	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$25,566,702	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$24,270,401	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$24,270,401	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$32,176	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$32,176	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$24,302,577	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
SOUTH ASIA	0	0	PROGRAM SERVICES	MARKET DEVELOPMENT	$628,330
central america	0	0	program services	market development	$63,130
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	2	2	PROGRAM SERVICES	market development	$4,406,815

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	2	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	2	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	2	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$5,098,275	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$5,098,275	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Steve Censky
CEO	$318,036	$0	$12,657	$0	$0	$0	$7,950	$0	$23,078	$0	$361,721	$0	$0	$0
Brian Vaught
CFO	$121,414	$0	$6,250	$0	$0	$0	$3,966	$0	$22,675	$0	$154,305	$0	$0	$0
Jim Hershey
Executive Director WISHH	$128,822	$0	$4,101	$0	$0	$0	$4,254	$0	$21,744	$0	$158,921	$0	$0	$0
William Schuermann
Executive Director Assoc	$133,813	$0	$6,300	$0	$0	$0	$4,420	$0	$20,094	$0	$164,627	$0	$0	$0
Victoria Wilks
Chief Operating Officer - WISHH	$134,569	$0	$4,880	$0	$0	$0	$4,280	$0	$10,250	$0	$153,979	$0	$0	$0
Josh Niederman
Regional Director, Africa	$252,091	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,113	$0	$0	$0	$255,204	$0	$0	$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3	THE ASSOCIATION HAS ENTERED INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH A PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICE PROVIDER TO ADMINISTER THE ASSOCIATION'S HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE FORM 990 WILL BE PERFORMED BY MANAGEMENT AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. SUBSEQUENT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FORM BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE ASSOCIATION DISTRIBUTES THE FORM 990 AND ITS RELATED SCHEDULES TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTRONICALLY PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE FORM.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	THE ASSOCIATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS SIGNS CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS ANNUALLY. THESE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE RESOLUTION OR DISCLOSURE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	THE COMPENSATION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S CEO IS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPENSATION OF OTHER CEO'S AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS PRIOR TO APPROVING THE CURRENT COMPENSATION PACKAGE. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE CEO.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	THE ASSOCIATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FORM 990, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	foreign markets consulting 2,719,984. Membership Services consulting 53,783. Communications consulting 19,640. training and industry consulting 224,030. government relations consulting 1,292,792. General Consulting Services 51,576.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	The process has not changed from prior year.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WJ MORSE FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12125 WOODCREST EXECUTIVE DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAINT LOUIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	63141	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	431497967	EIN
Primary Activities	EDUCATION	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	PF	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	american soybean association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	Yes (1)	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	Yes (1)	TransferFromOtherOrgInd