UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: UNITED STATES BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION (EIN 53-0159300)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-14
IRS object ID: 201313189349300706
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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)
Timestamp	2013-11-14T05:20:34-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ALCORN & CURETON Ltd CPAs	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4604 B Pinecrest Office Pk Dr	AddressLine1
City	Alexandria	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	22312	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	530159300	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	United States Beet Sugar Association	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	UNIT	NameControl
Phone	2022964820	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1156 15th St NW	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20005	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	James W Johnson	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2013-11-14	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Douglas J Alcorn CPA	Name
PTIN	P00000476	PTIN
Phone	7033547750	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1987558	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	beetsugar.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Association	X	TypeOfOrganizationAssociation
Year Formation	1911	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	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.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	5	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	1866593	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	1986967	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1017	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	591	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1867610	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1987558	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	885070	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	914914	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	1004442	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	910084	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1889512	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1824998	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-21902	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	162560	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	971987	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1199752	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	296606	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	384074	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	675381	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	815678	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	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.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1014546	Expense
Description	Representation of and communication to members and the general public regarding issues relevant to the U.S. beet sugar industry.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	1014546	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	true	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	true	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	9	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	5	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	The Assoc	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2022964820	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1156 15th Street NW	AddressLine1
City	Washington	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20005	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (10 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
Inder K Mathur
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Kelvin Thompsen
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Richard McKamey
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Joseph J Talley
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
David H Roche
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Mark S Flegenheimer
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
David A Berg
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Victor J Jaro
Trustee	0.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Elin Peltz
Vice President	55.00	0.00		173695	0	27778	X
James W Johnson
President	55.00	0.00		298580	0	58039	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	472275	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	85817	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	2	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
Dale McNeil
1100 H Street NW Suite 530	Washington	DC	20006	Consulting	125016
Baker Hostetler LLP
PO Box 0189	Cleveland	OH	44910	Legal and consulting	169831

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	2	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Total Contributions	0	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Membership Dues & Assessments	Description
Total Revenue Column	1986967	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1986967	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	1986967	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	591	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	591	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

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

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

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

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

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

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

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

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

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1987558	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1987558	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	472275	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	122501	Total
Program Services	91876	ProgramServices
Management And General	30625	ManagementAndGeneral

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	206375	Total
Program Services	154781	ProgramServices
Management And General	51594	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	83653	Total
Program Services	62740	ProgramServices
Management And General	20913	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30110	Total
Program Services	22583	ProgramServices
Management And General	7527	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	484066	Total
Program Services	363050	ProgramServices
Management And General	121016	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9612	Total
Program Services	7209	ProgramServices
Management And General	2403	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5	Total
Program Services	4	ProgramServices
Management And General	1	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	150786	Total
Program Services	113090	ProgramServices
Management And General	37696	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15410	Total
Program Services	11558	ProgramServices
Management And General	3852	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	454	Total
Program Services	341	ProgramServices
Management And General	113	ManagementAndGeneral

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10521	Total
Program Services	7891	ProgramServices
Management And General	2630	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10367	Total
Program Services	7775	ProgramServices
Management And General	2592	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
Repairs & Maintenance	26626	19970	6656
Dues & Publications	34735	26051	8684
Industry Meetings	36343	27257	9086
Research/Consultants	78097	58573	19524

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	53062	Total
Program Services	39797	ProgramServices
Management And General	13265	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1824998	Total
Program Services	1014546	ProgramServices
Management And General	338177	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	724742	BOY
EOY	911012	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	201125	BOY
EOY	201664	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	24913	BOY
EOY	41633	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	114437	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	79306	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	21207	BOY
EOY	35131	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	10312	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	971987	BOY
EOY	1199752	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	185393	BOY
EOY	42502	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	21462	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	111213	BOY
EOY	320110	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	296606	BOY
EOY	384074	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	675381	BOY
EOY	815678	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	675381	BOY
EOY	815678	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	971987	BOY
EOY	1199752	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	162560	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Prior Adjustment	-22263	ReconcilationPriorAdjustment
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled

Sec527 Pol Orgs Sec527PolOrgs (6 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EINEIN	Amt Of Contribs Recd DeliveredAmtOfContribsRecdDelivered
American Crystal Sugar PAC
101 N 3rd Street	Moorhead	MN	56560	411358677	5000
Southern Minn Beet Sugar Co-Op PAC
Box 500	Renville	MN	56284	411468804	5000
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative PAC
7525 Red River Road	Wahpeton	ND	58075	450388198	5000
Snake River Sugar Co PAC
1915 S Saturn Way	Boise	ID	83709	841391515	5000
Great Lakes Sugarbeet Gr PAC
2600 S Euclid Ave	Bay City	MI	48706	382469503	5000
Western Sugar Cooperative PAC
7555 East Hamden Ave	Denver	CO	80231	262073985	5000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	true	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	25737	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	18409	Depreciation
Book Value	7328	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	60	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	88640	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	60897	Depreciation
Book Value	27803	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	35131	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Pension Benefit Cost Liability	$147,634
Payroll Liabilities	$1,405
Accrued Wages	$15,297
Accrued Vacation	$155,774

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	320110	TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1987558	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	1987558	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	1987558	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1824998	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	1824998	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1824998	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	X	ClubDuesOrFees
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	true	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
James W Johnson
President	298580	58039	356619
Elin Peltz
Vice President	173695	27778	201473

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Sch J, Part I, Line 1a	Identifier
Return Reference	Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.	ReturnReference

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	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.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a	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 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	Copy of 990 is given to members of the governing body electronically.