2026-03-03T23:43:58-05:00 2025-08-31 990EZ 2024-09-01 392023676 MERRILL YOUTH HARDBALL ASSOCIATION INC MERR 7155364330 1100 Monroe St MERRILL WI 54452 Shawn Schultz President 7155718016 2026-03-05 false 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X merrillbaseball.com X X 114709 X 9000 14652 24600 9480 14840 7913 16407 0 0 0 42137 106796 1662 9880 19902 29 69217 100690 6106 49830 0 55936 X 34230 41765 15600 14171 49830 55936 49830 55936 The PURPOSE of the MERRILL YOUTH HARDBALL ASSOCIATION doing business as MERRILL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION INC. hereinafter referred to as MBA of Association is to provide for competitive baseball in Merrill emphasizing on training sportsmanship self-esteem teamwork winning through hard work and community stewardship. The Association oversees city league baseball for players aged 6 to 14. We had about 185 participants across the four age-divided leagues we manage. This year we operated independently of a national organization for the first time which proved highly successful. Players aged 7-12 competed with Merrill-based players while the 13 and 14-year-old teams faced off against teams from neighboring communities. 15450 16000 The Association oversees travel teams that participate in tournaments around Wisconsin. There are teams at each level from 8 through 14 with two teams at the 10u and 12u level. We provide insurance and coaching for the players and host a tournament as well. We had 95 players participate in the 2025 season. 13500 15000 The Association continues to work to improve facilities for our players. In addition to continually improving our facility we also work to improve the city fields and some of the structures dugouts and concession stands that our teams use. We specifically fixed two existing scoreboards and purchased soil ammendments for our 60 fields. 0 5137 36137 X Shawn Schultz President 2 0 0 0 Dan Wendorf Board Member 1 0 0 0 Chris Simon Board Member 1 0 0 0 Andy Simon Board Member 1 0 0 0 Brian Hoffman Board Member 1 0 0 0 Kyle Bloch Board Member 1 0 0 0 Kevin Blake Board Member 1 0 0 0 Rob Frisch Board Member 1 0 0 0 John VanLieshout Board Member 1 0 0 0 Sarah Fuchs Treasurer 3 0 0 0 Kevin Harding Secretary 2 0 0 0 Cody Schmidt Vice President 1 0 0 0 Chris Renzelmann Board Member 1 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false WI Shawn Schultz 1100 Monroe St MERRILL WI 54452 7155364330 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 750 1250 6650 9000 17650 19020 14450 11930 41316 34900 121616 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19020 15200 13180 47966 43900 139266 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24900 24900 0 0 0 0 24900 24900 114366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17108 5169 14496 5238 12124 54135 36128 20369 27676 53204 56024 193401 0.5913 0.00 0 0.00 X Part III, line 12 | S.No:, Amount:, Description:| 1, $7774, Loan repayment from parents of All Star team| 2, $34363, Concessions| Part III, line 12 | S.No:, Year:, Description:| 1, 2023, Concessions| 2, 2022, concessions| 3, 2021, concessions| 4, 2020, concessions| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Doing Business As Names Merrill Baseball Association Part I, line 8 | Other Revenues:, Amount:| Loan repayment from parents of All Star team, $7774| Concessions, $34363| Part I, line 10 | Activity:, Grantee Name:, Grantee Address:, Amount:, Relationship:| Bauer Family, grantee, "Baseball group from Rhinelander - memorial for family whose dad passed suddenly", $412.00, No Relationship| donation to Brendemuhl family, grantee, "One of our coaches was injured in a farm accident and donation was to help family with costs of hospitizalization not covered by insurance.", $250.00, No Relationship| Annual Scholarship, grantee, "Scholarship for graduating senior paid to Carter Baade.", $1000.00, No Relationship| Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| SportsEngine Registraton Website, $1748.00| Insurance for Board and Facilities - West Bend, $992.00| Banking Fees Checks, $279.00| Black River Septic - porta potties for tournaments, $758.00| Prime Membership, $179.00| Bluejay Disposal, $180.00| PO Box, $213.00| State of Wisconsin License and Fees, $51.00| City of Merrill Licenses and Fees, $411.00| USA Baseball Background Checks, $240.00| Tournament Entry Fees, $10237.00| Uniforms, $7279.00| Field Maintenance and Improvements to City Fields, $5137.00| Player Tournament fees to City of Merrill, $1942.00| Baseball Equipment for players and teams, $18431.00| Player Liability Insurance, $1366.00| Advertising, $136.00| Tax Preperation, $100.00| Concessions, $19538.00| Part II, line 24 | Asset Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Equipment, $15600, $14171| We filed for an extension electronically with form 8868 on 1 13 2026. The form was rejected during the period when the IRS was not accepting electronic returns. The late filing of the Form 990-EZ was due to circumstances beyond the filers control. The organization made a good-faith effort to timely file an extension prior to the original due date. The extension Form 8868 that was filed on 1 13 26 for MERRILL YOUTH HARDBALL ASSOCIATION INC was prepared and postmarked in January; however at that time the IRS electronic filing system was experiencing a shutdown outage. As a result the extension could not be transmitted and was ultimately rejected once the system resumed normal operations. Because of the IRS system unavailability the filer was unable to successfully submit the extension despite timely preparation and intent to comply. Upon learning that the extension had not been accepted the organization promptly proceeded with filing the Form 990-EZ as soon as the system became available. The organization has a history of timely compliance and did not willfully neglect its filing obligations. The delay was caused solely by IRS system issues not by disregard of filing requirements. Accordingly the filer respectfully requests abatement of any late-filing penalties based on reasonable cause.