UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION (EIN 53-0159300)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-07-25
IRS object ID: 201602079349300010
Schema version: 2015v2.0
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 J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-07-25T06:15:35-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ALCORN & CURETON Ltd CPAs	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4604 B Pinecrest Office Pk Dr	AddressLine1Txt
City	Alexandria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22312	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	530159300	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	United States Beet Sugar Association	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	UNIT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2022964820	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1156 15th St NW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Washington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	James W Johnson	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2016-07-25	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Douglas J Alcorn CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00000476	PTIN
Phone	7033547750	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-12-15 16:53:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,933,566	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	beetsugar.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	1911	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	U.S. Beet Sugar Association represents the industry before the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government and communicates to its members as well as the general public regarding issues appropriate to its mission.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	5	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$24,232	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,880,687	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$3,900,422	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$334	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,069	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,881,021	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,927,723	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$970,472	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$842,606	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,710,321	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,765,887	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,680,793	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,608,493	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$799,772	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$319,230	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$487,593	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$437,902	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$527,233	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$158,312	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$39,640	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$279,590	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	U.S. Beet Sugar Association represents the industry before the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government and communicates to its members as well as the general public regarding issues appropriate to its mission.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,720,599	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,924,757	RevenueAmt
Desc	Representation of and communication to members and the general public regarding issues relevant to the U.S. beet sugar industry.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,720,599	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	Yes (true)	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	5	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	The Assoc	PersonNm
Phone	2022964820	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1156 15th Street NW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Washington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20005	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
John C McCreedy
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David A Berg
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark S Flegenheimer
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kurt Wickstrom
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Thomas Astrup
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard McKamey
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kelvin Thompsen
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rodney D Perry
Trustee	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cassie Bladow
Director	55.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$105,750	$0	$0
James W Johnson
President	55.00	0.00		$338,673	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Elin Peltz
Vice President	55.00	0.00		$96,270	$0	$0		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$540,693	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Cassidy Levy Kent LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Ave Suite 3000	Washington	DC	20006	Legal	$1,622,142
Baker Hostetler LLP
PO Box 0189	Cleveland	OH	44910	Legal and consulting	$281,350

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$24,232	GovernmentGrantsAmt
Total Contributions	$24,232	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Membership Dues & Assessments	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$3,900,422	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,900,422	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$3,900,422	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$103	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$103	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$8,809	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$5,843	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$2,966	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,966	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,966	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,927,723	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,903,491	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$508,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$395,914	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$131,971	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$77,398	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,049	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,349	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$144,436	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,327	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,109	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$76,804	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,603	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,201	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,053	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,290	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,763	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,129,747	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,597,310	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$532,437	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,510	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,383	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,127	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,261	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,696	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,565	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$164,239	TotalAmt
Program Services	$123,179	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,060	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,360	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,270	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,090	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$268	TotalAmt
Program Services	$201	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$67	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,852	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,389	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,463	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,297	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,473	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,824	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Research/Consultants	$206,345	$154,759	$51,586
Industry Meetings	$57,160	$42,870	$14,290
Repairs & Maintenance	$50,279	$37,709	$12,570
Dues & Publications	$40,500	$30,375	$10,125

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,802	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,267	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,608,493	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,720,599	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$906,864	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$208,840	BOYAmt
EOY	$145,390	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$202,304	BOYAmt
EOY	$202,406	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$24,232	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,483	BOYAmt
EOY	$33,333	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$110,985	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$88,756	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,654	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,229	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,312	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,312	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$487,593	BOYAmt
EOY	$437,902	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$349,797	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,862	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$177,436	BOYAmt
EOY	$150,450	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$527,233	BOYAmt
EOY	$158,312	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$39,640	BOYAmt
EOY	$279,590	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$39,640	BOYAmt
EOY	$279,590	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$487,593	BOYAmt
EOY	$437,902	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$319,230	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd

Section527 Political Org Section527PoliticalOrgGrp (6 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Contributions Rcvd DlvrContributionsRcvdDlvrAmt
Western Sugar Cooperative PAC
7555 East Hamden Ave	Denver	CO	80231	262073985	$5,000
Great Lakes Sugarbeet Gr PAC
2600 S Euclid Ave	Bay City	MI	48706	382469503	$5,000
Snake River Sugar Co PAC
1915 S Saturn Way	Boise	ID	83709	841391515	$5,000
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative PAC
7525 Red River Road	Wahpeton	ND	58075	450388198	$5,000
Southern Minn Beet Sugar Co-Op PAC
Box 500	Renville	MN	56284	411468804	$5,000
American Crystal Sugar PAC
101 N 3rd Street	Moorhead	MN	56560	411358677	$5,000

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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I-A, Line 1 - Direct and Indirect Political Campaign Activities	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The U.S. Beet Sugar Association operates a political action committee, making contributions to federal candidates for Congress. U.S. Beet Sugar Association also collects money that is received from separate political organizations, as shown in Part 1-C.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$7,215	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,902	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,313	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$103,770	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$85,854	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,916	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$22,229	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Accrued Vacation	$152,192
Payroll Liabilities	-$1,742

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$150,450	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Elin Peltz
Vice President	$93,962	$2,308	$96,270
James W Johnson
President	$332,673	$6,000	$338,673

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	Copy of 990 is given to members of the governing body electronically.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	On a regular basis, members of the governing board are required to sign a document affirming that they have no conflict of interests and those documents are reviewed by the Assoc President and Director of Administration.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Audit Committee serves as the Compensation Committee and submits the compensation information to the full Board for approval.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The governing documents,conflict of interest policies and financial statements of the Association are available to the public upon request.