What is the EIN of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?

The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION is 42-0897662.

Is NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1975.

When is the next return of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names NEIL CASKEY.

Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 28 people; 27 received compensation from the organization, the highest $400,000 (NEIL CASKEY, CEO).

How much revenue does NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $30,810,126, expenses of $22,064,437 and total assets of $33,293,217 at year end.

Nonprofit · EIN 42-0897662

NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Tax-exempt · CHESTERFIELD, MO 63005

Financials

Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end

Financials of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year ended	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Net income	Total assets	Liabilities	Net assets
September 30, 2025	990	$30,810,126	$22,064,437	$8,745,689	$33,293,217	$16,208,498	$17,084,719
September 30, 2024	990	$21,632,886	$21,236,523	$396,363	$24,394,641	$16,055,611	$8,339,030
September 30, 2023	990	$21,408,280	$18,926,011	$2,482,269	$24,346,408	$16,403,741	$7,942,667

Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants: $28,094,706
of which government grants: $391,526
Membership dues: $747,988
Program service revenue: $2,212,697
Investment income: $497,061
Royalties: $5,662
Other revenue: $5,662

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid: $0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees: $2,983,876
Other salaries and wages: $3,128,322
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total): $7,489,986
Professional fundraising fees: $0
Legal fees: $577,008
Accounting fees: $79,534
Occupancy: $488,490
Travel: $1,050,161
Depreciation: $403,589

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year: $24,394,641
Total assets, end of year: $33,293,217
Total liabilities, end of year: $16,208,498
Net assets, end of year: $17,084,719
Land, buildings and equipment: $1,727,518
Net assets without donor restrictions: $8,196,427
Net assets with donor restrictions: $8,888,292
Gross receipts: $30,810,126
Employees: 45
Volunteers: 125
Year formed: 1957
State of legal domicile: IA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
NEIL CASKEY	CEO Officer	40	$400,000	$36,336
BROOKE APPLETON	VP PUBLIC POLICY Key employee	40	$292,643	$47,286
JIM BAUMAN	VP OPERATIONS Key employee	40	$228,628	$55,573
NICOLE HASHEIDER	VP COMMUNICATIONS Key employee	40	$200,697	$37,713
GERALD STOSKOPF	DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY FO Highest-paid employee	40	$189,795	$29,883
BRYAN GOODMAN	SR DIRECTOR POLICY COMM Highest-paid employee	40	$189,811	$28,418
SEAN ARIANS	VP SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION Key employee	40	$197,293	$8,708
ROBYN ALLSCHEID	DIRECTOR, STRATEGY & EVALU Highest-paid employee	40	$163,870	$35,368
NANCY MARTINEZ	DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY Highest-paid employee	40	$160,506	$30,706
COLLEEN WILLARD	DIRECTOR, PAC AND POLITICA Highest-paid employee	40	$154,394	$30,706
MARIE NELSON	FORMER DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTIN Former	40	$113,389	$13,645
HAROLD WOLLE	CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer	10	$52,500	$0
KEN HARTMANN	PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	6	$37,500	$0
TOM HAAG	FORMER CHAIRMAN Former	10	$22,500	$0
JED BOWER	FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	6	$14,000	$0

13 more people on this return

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation
KELLY HARSH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$9,600
RANDY DESUTTER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
BILL LEIGH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
DAN WESELY	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
MATT FROSTIC	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
JR ROESNER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
KELLY NIEUWENHUIS	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
TROY SCHNEIDER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000
JASON LEWIS	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500
JON MILLER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500
DAN NERUD	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500
JAY SCHUTTE	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500
JENNIFER PEUERBORN	DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTING FINANCE Officer	40	$0

990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 30 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
NEIL CASKEY	CEO Officer	40	$378,429	$34,702
BROOKE APPLETON	VP PUBLIC POLICY Key employee	40	$274,928	$46,372
JIM BAUMAN	VP OPERATIONS Key employee	40	$217,780	$52,353
ANNE THOMPSON	FORMER DIRECTOR, PAC AND POLITICA Former	40	$204,108	$43,402
NATHAN FIELDS	FORMER VP PRODUCTION SUSTAINABILITY Former	40	$217,198	$21,700
NICOLE HASHEIDER	VP COMMUNICATIONS Key employee	40	$179,918	$40,500
GERALD STOSKOPF	DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY FO Highest-paid employee	40	$175,539	$30,404
MARIE NELSON	FORMER DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTING HR AN Former	40	$181,661	$21,257
COLLEEN WILLARD	DIRECTOR, PAC AND POLITICA Key employee	40	$167,967	$28,594
BRYAN GOODMAN	SR DIRECTOR POLICY COMM Key employee	40	$165,172	$29,127
JULIE BUSSE	DIRECTOR, RENEWABLE FUELS Highest-paid employee	40	$148,794	$28,120
JON DOGGETT	FORMER CEO Former	40	$169,508	$6,273
ROBYN ALLSCHEID	DIRECTOR, STRATEGY & EVALUATION Highest-paid employee	40	$139,554	$34,916
KATHERINE BERGREN	FORMER DIRECTOR - PUBLIC P Former	40	$106,833	$11,519
TOM HAAG	CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer	10	$52,500	$0
HAROLD WOLLE	PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	10	$37,500	$0
CHRIS EDGINGTON	FORMER CHAIRMAN Former	10	$22,500	$0
KEN HARTMANN	FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	6	$16,700	$0
KELLY HARSH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,900	$0
JED BOWER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
RANDY DESUTTER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
DEB GANGWICH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
BOB HERMESATH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
BRIAN THALMANN	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
DAN WESELY	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
MATT FROSTIC	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
JR ROESNER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
BILL LEIGH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500	$0
KELLY NIEUWENHUIS	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500	$0
TROY SCHNEIDER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$1,500	$0

990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 24 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
J JON DOGGETT	FORMER CEO Former	40	$467,196	$50,131
BROOKE APPLETON	VP PUBLIC POLICY Key employee	40	$272,957	$45,701
NEIL CASKEY	CEO Officer	40	$235,391	$25,078
JIM BAUMAN	VP, MARKET DEVELOPMENT Key employee	40	$199,799	$44,171
NATHAN FIELDS	FORMER VP PRODUCTION & SUSTAINABI Former	40	$190,068	$33,702
ANNE THOMPSON	DIRECTOR, PAC AND POLITICA Highest-paid employee	40	$177,389	$36,937
GERALD STOSKOPF	DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY FO Highest-paid employee	40	$168,759	$27,733
KATHERINE BERGREN	FORMER DIRECTOR - PUBLIC POLICY Former	40	$175,423	$19,480
MARIE NELSON	DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTING HR AN Key employee	40	$165,271	$19,526
CHRIS EDGINGTON	CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer	10	$52,000	$0
TOM HAAG	PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	10	$37,000	$0
HAROLD WOLLE	FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer	6	$12,000	$0
JED BOWER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
RANDY DESUTTER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
DEB GANGWICH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
KELLY HARSH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
KEN HARTMANN	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
BOB HERMESATH	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
BRANDON HUNNICUTT	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
GARY PORTER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
BRIAN THALMANN	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
DAN WESELY	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
MATT FROSTIC	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0
JR ROESNER	BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director	6	$6,000	$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file): 632 CEPI DR, CHESTERFIELD, MO 63005-1221
Principal officer (990 for 2024): NEIL CASKEY, 632 CEPI DR, CHESTERFIELD, MO 63005
Signed the 990: JIM BAUMAN, CEO
Phone: (636) 733-9004
Website: WWW.NCGA.COM
Return prepared by: UHY ADVISORS MIDWEST INC

Mission

TO CREATE AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORN GROWERS AS WE SEEK TO SUSTAINABLY FEED AND FUEL A GROWING WORLD.
990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

THE ASSOCIATION'S PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE CORN GROWERS TO SUSTAINABLY FEED AND FUEL A GROWING WORLD. NCGA WORKS TO CREATE COMPETITIVE MARKET DEMAND, ENHANCE CUSTOMER & CONSUMER TRUST, AND PROMOTE INCREASED SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH STATE CORN & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER CORN INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS, IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS VISION. FOUNDED IN 1957, THE NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS NEARLY 35,000 DUES-PAYING CORN FARMERS NATIONWIDE AND THE INTERESTS OF MORE THAN 300,000 CORN FARMERS WHO CONTRIBUTE THROUGH CORN CHECKOFF PROGRAMS IN THEIR STATES. NCGA AND 50 STATE ASSOCIATIONS & CHECKOFF ORGANIZATIONS WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR MEMBERS, CORN FARMERS AND THEIR INDUSTRY.
Expenses $22,064,437

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax year	Year ended	Due	IRS public records
2025	September 30, 2026	February 16, 2027	Not due yet
2024	September 30, 2025	February 17, 2026	990 on file
2023	September 30, 2024	February 18, 2025	990 on file

IRS record

EIN: 42-0897662
Tax-exempt status: 501(c)(5): Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization
Exempt since: 1975
Accounting year ends: September
Files: Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE): Food, agriculture and nutrition (K20Z)
Assets (IRS master file): $33,293,217
Income (IRS master file): $30,810,126

Filing history

Form	Year ended	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Return
990	September 2025	$30,810,126	$22,064,437	$33,293,217	XML
990	September 2024	$21,632,886	$21,236,523	$24,394,641	XML
990	September 2023	$21,408,280	$18,926,011	$24,346,408	XML
990	September 2022	$19,831,099	$19,318,369	$16,422,383	IRS
990	September 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990	September 2020	–	–	–	IRS
990	September 2018	–	–	–	IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 42-0897662).

Questions about NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

What is the EIN of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?: The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION is 42-0897662.
Is NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?: Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1975.
Which annual return does NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION file?: Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION due?: The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?: The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?: The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names NEIL CASKEY.
Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?: The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 28 people; 27 received compensation from the organization, the highest $400,000 (NEIL CASKEY, CEO).
How much revenue does NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION have?: On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $30,810,126, expenses of $22,064,437 and total assets of $33,293,217 at year end.

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