2025-04-22T15:44:18-05:00 2024-09-30 431305800 UHY ADVISORS MIDWEST INC 15 SUNNEN DRIVE SUITE 100 ST LOUIS MO 631433819 990 2023-10-01 420688064 AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION AMER 3145761770 12647 OLIVE BOULEVARD 410 ST LOUIS MO 63141 BRIAN VAUGHT CFO 3145761770 2025-04-22 1 0 DENISE PISCIOTTA P00560435 3146151200 2025-04-22 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z BRIAN VAUGHT 12647 OLIVE BOULEVARD 410 ST LOUIS MO 63141 38556900 0 X WWW.SOYGROWERS.COM X 1946 IA TO REPRESENT U.S. SOYBEAN FARMERS IN ACTIVITES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SOYBEANS. 68 68 53 68 37180 0 27387139 23214701 10791687 11811108 296543 340543 1955610 1962136 40430979 37328488 0 0 0 0 6835747 6661272 0 0 0 33417944 30477852 40253691 37139124 177288 189364 26796984 24969913 18964504 16274588 7832480 8695325 X THE ASSOCIATION STRIVES TO SERVE FARMERS BY ADVOCATING, 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. 0 0 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (IM) ACTIVITIES INCLUDES ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED BY WISHH AND USSEC. PROGRAMS, MEETINGS, AND EVENTS INCLUDES ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION'S INDUSTRY RELATIONS SPONSORED PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, COMMODITY CLASSIC, CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, ETC., AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATION'S ACTION PARTNERSHIP AND THE ASSOCIATION'S INNOVATION TO MARKET PROGRAMS. OVERHEAD COST IS ALLOCATED TO PROGRAMS, MEETINGS, AND EVENTS ON BOTH A HEADCOUNT AND USAGE BASIS. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM ADVOCATES AND EDUCATION TO THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, INCLUDE AGENCIES SUCH AS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. ISSUES THE ASSOCIATION ADVOCATE FOR INCLUDE THE FARM ECONOMY, TRADE, TRADE AGREEMENTS, FUNDING MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, BIODIESEL, ETC. OVERHEAD COST IS ALLOCATED TO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ON BOTH A HEADCOUNT AND USAGE BASIS. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 66 0 53 1 1 1 1 CB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 68 68 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X BRIAN VAUGHT 3147541298 12647 OLIVE BOULEVARD SUITE 410 ST LOUIS MO 63141 X DARYL CATES CHAIR 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JOSHUA GACKLE PRESIDENT 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CALEB RAGLAND VICE PRESIDENT 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID WALTON TREASURER 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SCOTT METZGER SECRETARY 0.00 X X 0 0 0 TOM ADAM DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES ATKINSON DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROB BAKER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMIE BEYER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 W STAN BORN DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH BOSWELL DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL CASPER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN COMEGYS DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 WADE COWAN DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHEN BRAD DOYLE DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEPH ESSICK DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 HEATHER FEUERSTEIN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN FLEMING DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RENEE FORDYCE DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RYAN FRIEDERS DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JANNA FRITZ DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 DENNIS FUJAN DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 MAURICIO GARCIA DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE GOBLISH DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RUSTY GOEBEL DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM GUETTER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF HARRISON DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES HEREFORD DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 MOREY HILL DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS HILL DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JERED HOOKER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 TANNER JOHNSON DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RON KINDRED DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF KING DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE KOEHNE DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM KUKOWSKI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 KEEVIN LEMENAGER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 KODY LEONARD DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 DON LUTZ DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRAD MACAULEY DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM MARTIN DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW MCCRATE DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN MEADOWS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 RANDY MILLER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 NICHOLAS MOODY DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW MOORE DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRADY PEEK DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL PETEFISH DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 PHIL RAMSEY DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RYAN RHOADES DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RONNIE RUSSELL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 LUKE SAYES DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 DENISE SCARBOROUGH DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JORDAN SCOTT DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT SHAFFER DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIMMIE LEE SHAW DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JUSTIN SHERLOCK DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERTA SIMPSON-DOLBEARE DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRED SIPES DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY SORENSON DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT STOBAUGH DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAT SWANSON DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIMMY THOMAS DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRAD THYKESON DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANDY WINSOR DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRANDON WIPF DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 RUSSELL WOLF DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 CASEY YOUNGERMAN DIRECTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHEN CENSKY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 1.00 X 462952 0 84517 BRIAN VAUGHT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 1.00 X 170052 0 48172 CHRISTY SEYFERT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNME 1.00 X 281316 0 22500 WENDY BRANNEN SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & 1.00 X 177834 0 43136 SCOTT GERLT CHIEF ECONOMIST 1.00 X 175177 0 36795 MELANIE FITZPATRICK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 174270 0 26855 KYLE KUNKLER DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 1.00 X 172313 0 43586 1613914 0 305561 7 0 1 0 AUBURN UNIVERSITY 208 M WHITE SMITH HALL 381 MELL S AUBURN AL 36849 PROGRAM SERVCIES - CAST PROJECT 248252 KAREN COBLE EDWARDS 10501 ADEL ROAD OAKTON VA 22124 COMMUNICATION SERVICES 225109 EVERGREEN STRATEGIES LLC 7251 CORNELL AVE ST LOUIS MO 63130 PROGRAMS SERVICES - WISHH 210344 JOSHUA DYLAN NEIDERMAN DBA AED SVCS LL 819 WINDINGPATH LANE MANCHESTER MO 63021 MARKET PROMOTION SERVICES 188259 PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP LLC PO BOX 419470 BOSTON MA 02241 AV AND EVENT SERVCIES 144311 6 23214701 23214701 INDUSTRY RELATIONS 900099 6617262 6608082 9180 IM PROGRAMS 900099 4543026 4543026 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 650820 650820 11811108 257466 257466 615000 615000 1311489 1228412 83077 83077 83077 COMMODITY CLASSIC 900099 1090005 1090005 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 229131 229131 ADVERTISING 541800 28000 28000 1347136 37328488 11801928 37180 2274679 X 590327 4738708 208898 785922 337417 144591 45927 53685 6367290 374858 86101 499648 2018648 43554 85586 FAS PROGRAMS 18929797 OTHER PROGRAMS & EVENTS 1620464 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 149497 EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND RE 58206 37139124 1361977 1120372 9352162 6567374 3585236 4080003 3628553 4410331 25178 0 470468 316989 764252 563422 223454 200830 4905027 5478043 312500 312500 2932429 2483471 26796984 24969913 6619515 6499648 598772 513772 8636357 6494287 44953 0 3064907 2766881 18964504 16274588 X 7832480 8695325 7832480 8695325 26796984 24969913 189364 673481 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 0 0 17492 6433 11059 473851 434072 39779 272909 122917 149992 200830 RIGHT OF USE ASSETS 2483471 2483471 DEFERRED LEASES 2766881 2766881 37948285 673482 673482 37274803 53685 53685 37328488 37085439 0 37085439 53685 53685 37139124 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, 1 1 PROGRAM SERVICES MARKET DEVELOPMENT 2306227 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS, 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES MARKET DEVELOPMENT 127437 SOUTH ASIA - AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL, 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES MARKET DEVELOPMENT 177478 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES MARKET DEVELOPMENT 1813461 RUSSIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES - ARMENIA, AZERBIJAN, BELARUS, 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES MARKET DEVELOPMENT 129481 CARIBBEAN - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICES MARKET DEVELOPMENT 12316 1 1 0 0 1 1 4566400 0 4566400 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1 1 X X X 0 0 0 STEPHEN CENSKY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 401388 0 61564 0 0 0 61249 0 23268 0 547469 0 0 0 BRIAN VAUGHT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 160266 0 9786 0 0 0 32950 0 15222 0 218224 0 0 0 CHRISTY SEYFERT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNME 265504 0 15812 0 0 0 22500 0 0 0 303816 0 0 0 WENDY BRANNEN SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & 167622 0 10212 0 0 0 33848 0 9288 0 220970 0 0 0 SCOTT GERLT CHIEF ECONOMIST 164917 0 10260 0 0 0 13527 0 23268 0 211972 0 0 0 MELANIE FITZPATRICK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 164370 0 9900 0 0 0 18220 0 8635 0 201125 0 0 0 KYLE KUNKLER DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 162113 0 10200 0 0 0 9074 0 34512 0 215899 0 0 0 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 GOVERNING COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE GOVERNING 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 VII, COLUMN D AND PART IX, LINES 5 AND 7 A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION (PEO), TO ADMINISTER THE ASSOCIATION'S HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONS. THEREFORE, ASA GENERALLY DOES NOT FILE FORM W-3 AND NO EMPLOYEES ARE REPORTED DIRECTLY BY ASA. THE PEO FILED ON BEHALF OF 40 ASA EMPLOYEES DURING THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING FEES AND CONTRACTED COSTS 6,367,290. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEARS.