Nonprofit · EIN 42-1276049
WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, IA 52353
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $184,429 | $219,546 | -$35,117 | $976,506 | $49,018 | $927,488 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $692,070 | $180,837 | $511,233 | $1,013,685 | $51,080 | $962,605 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $240,258 | $162,749 | $77,509 | $510,253 | $58,880 | $451,373 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $161,726
- of which government grants
- $68,850
- Membership dues
- $89,900
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $13,883
- Net rental income
- $8,820
- Other revenue
- $8,820
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $48,172
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $93,549
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $110,087
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $5,215
- Occupancy
- $8,146
- Depreciation
- $4,640
- Program services (functional)
- $48,172
- Management and general (functional)
- $166,734
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,013,685
- Total assets, end of year
- $976,506
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $49,018
- Net assets, end of year
- $927,488
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $92,386
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $927,488
- Gross receipts
- $184,429
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1986
- 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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELANIE BIMSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
| TERRY ENGELKEN | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT DEWOLF | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMANDA RUSSELL | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CONNIE LARSEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NICOLE MEYER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN LEVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN ROTHE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KELLY LITWILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB YODER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA MEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE REDLINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERA PICKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN SCHLABAUGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIE STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER GRIFFIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COLE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEPH GAA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY AUDIA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $105,276 |
| TERRY ENGELKEN | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT DEWOLF | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMANDA RUSSELL | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CONNIE LARSEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER WHARTON | TREASURER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN LEVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN ROTHE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KELLY LITWILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB YODER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA MEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE REDLINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERA PICKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN SCHLABAUGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIE STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER GRIFFIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COLE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VANI TSCHANTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSEPH GAA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL BERDO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY AUDIA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $99,212 |
| TERRY ENGELKEN | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT DEWOLF | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMANDA RUSSELL | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CONNIE LARSEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER WHARTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN LEVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN ROTHE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEANNA MCCUSKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KELLY LITWILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BOB YODER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY SCHMIDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA MEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE REDLINGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERA PICKENS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN SCHLABAUGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIE STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN STONE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER GRIFFIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COLE SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 120 E MAIN ST STE 4, WASHINGTON, IA 52353-2057
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MELANIE BIMSON, 120 EAST MAIN ST 4, WASHINGTON, IA 52353
- Signed the 990
- MELANIE BIMSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (319) 653-3942
- Website
- WEDG.WASHINGTONIOWA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- ALLEN MITCHELL LLP
Mission
COORDINATE AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Program accomplishments
- TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN GREATER WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA.Expenses $48,172 · grants $48,172
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 42-1276049
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1992
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $976,506
- Income (IRS master file)
- $184,429
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $184,429 | $219,546 | $976,506 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $692,070 | $180,837 | $1,013,685 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $240,258 | $162,750 | $510,253 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $265,673 | $156,703 | $437,728 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | $218,464 | $147,935 | $336,323 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 42-1276049).
Questions about WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP
- What is the EIN of WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP is 42-1276049.
- Is WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1992.
- Are donations to WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP 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 WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MELANIE BIMSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does WASHINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $184,429, expenses of $219,546 and total assets of $976,506 at year end.
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