MIDWEST ASSOCATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: MIDWEST ASSOCATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES (EIN 20-3673423)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-05-12
IRS object ID: 201621339349302462
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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 O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-05-12T10:37:47-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	382608510	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BOGE WYBENGA & BRADLEY PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	215 NORTH MAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	MT PLEASANT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	48858	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	203673423	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MIDWEST ASSOCIATION OF FISH &	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	WILDLIFE AGENCIES	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MIDW	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6206725911	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	512 SE 25TH AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	PRATT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	67124	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SHARON SCHAFER	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6206725911	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-05-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MICHAEL E ZEIEN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01057256	PTIN
Phone	9897721730	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-05-09	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-09-27 15:27:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	SHARON SCHAFER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	530 W ALLEGAN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LANSING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	48909	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$300,023	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1934	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	KS	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROTECT WILDLIFE RESOURCES	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$16,425	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$196,861	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$139,127	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$82,915	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$21,073	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$7,911	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$45,439	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$12,336	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$222,064	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$300,023	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$144,017	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$171,174	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$144,017	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$171,174	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$78,047	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$128,849	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$539,364	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$668,213	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$539,364	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$668,213	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PROTECT WILDLIFE RESOURCES	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	TO PROTECT WILDLIFE RESOURCES	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	TO PROTECT WILDLIFE RESOURCES	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	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	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	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	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
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	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	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	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	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	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SHARON M SCHAFER TREASURER	PersonNm
Phone	5173353283	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	530 WEST ALLEGAN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LANSING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	48909	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
SHARON SCHAFER
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
OLLIE TORGENSON
EXECUTIVE SE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BOB ZIEHMER
PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TERRY STEINWAND
SECOND VICE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM DOUGLAS
FIRST VICE P	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEITH SEXSON
MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL MORITZ
MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Government Grants	$196,861	GovernmentGrantsAmt
Total Contributions	$196,861	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONFERENCE REG & SPONSORS	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$82,915	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$82,915	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$82,915	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,911	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$7,911	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISC	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$12,336	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$12,336	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$12,336	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$300,023	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$103,162	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$43,072	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,193	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,191	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
PASS THROUGH	$40,250
MISC EXPENSES	$12,468

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$171,174	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$171,559	BOYAmt
EOY	$292,497	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$367,805	BOYAmt
EOY	$375,716	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$539,364	BOYAmt
EOY	$668,213	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$539,364	BOYAmt
EOY	$668,213	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$539,364	BOYAmt
EOY	$668,213	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$539,364	BOYAmt
EOY	$668,213	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$128,849	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	TO PROTECT WILDLIFE RESOURCES
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	CONTRACT SERVICES 43,072 0 0

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONSERVATION ENHANCEMENT FUND	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	512 SE 25TH AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	PRATT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	67124	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	020746152	EIN
Primary Activities	CONSERVAT.	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	KS	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501C3	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	7	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

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

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

MIDWEST ASSOCATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES: Form 990, tax year 2015

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Travel TravelGrp

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

US Address USAddress

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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