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Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc

501(c)(6) organization Madison, WI EIN: 39-0711650 Website

The Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association, an organization of licensed dealers of new and used motor vehicles, is dedicated to advancing the common good of its members, consumers and their communities by promoting professionalism and prosperity through education, advocacy, information and service.

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc at a glance

In short: Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc gave $100K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $100K), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$100,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$100,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$100,000
Total assets
$19,745,134
+14.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Wisconsin (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Inc: $100KThe Foundation of theWisconsin Automobile & Truck…$100K

The largest 2025 recipient was The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Inc ($100K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K5$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Madison

How Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $75K (2019) to $100K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $100K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association Inc Madison, WIGeneral Support$100,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$19,745,134$3,362,304$2,229,892$100,0001$620,562
2024$17,284,591$3,360,101$1,889,765$100,0001$786,203
2023$15,020,955$2,657,275$1,723,095$100,0001$306,614
2022$13,152,458$2,165,542$1,621,958$100,0001$5,517
2021$12,063,638$2,487,688$1,590,350$100,0001$400,218
2020$10,581,075$1,821,579$1,291,521$100,0001$-13,084
2019$9,071,615$2,088,281$1,353,845$75,0001$308,688

About Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc

Based on IRS filings

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc is a public charity, based in Madison, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $19.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $100K. Net investment income was $621K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc is led by William Sepic, President on every filing since 2019; 6 of 27 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • William Sepic

    President

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $277K (2019) → $336K (2025)

  • Frank A. Hallada

    Chair

    Secretary & Treasurer → Chair-Elect, 2024

    Chair-Elect → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Johnson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lawrence M. Meade Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Cuene

    Director

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024

    Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Zimbrick

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Kriete

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean Baxter

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Dahl

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Kari

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Ewald

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Adams

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Mattoon

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nolan Campbell

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry Brickner III

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Berg

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grant Sommer

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Griffin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Symdon

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Lavold

    Vice President - Controller

    Vice President & Controller → Vice President - Controller, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $124K (2019) → $176K (2025)

  • Brent Kindred

    Vice President Watda Founder

    Vice President Watda Foundation → Vice President Watda Founder, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    $118K (2021) → $134K (2025)

  • John Strange

    Account Manager

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2021) → $116K (2025)

  • Sue Goodspeed Miller

    Vice President Member Services

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2021) → $105K (2025)

  • Christopher Snyder

    Executive Vice President & General Counsel

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $180K (2022) → $220K (2025)

  • Chad Koehne

    Chair-Elect

    Director → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024

    Secretary & Treasurer → Chair-Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gregg Kunes

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Director → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Klein

    Immediate Past Chair

    Chair-Elect → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Stephanie Soerens-Borkowski (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Josh Johnson (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Karmala Sutton (2024) — Director
  • Former: Suzanne Ashley (2024) — Director
  • Former: Greg Hobbs (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Keith Kocourek (2020–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Mary Ann Scaffidi (2019–2022) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Daniel Mattoon (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Chris Snyder (2019–2021) — Executive Vice President & General Counsel
  • Former: James Moeller (2019–2021) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Mark J. Geiger (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Michael Shannon Jr. (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Patty Nordheim (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Timothy Wegge (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: A. David Kriete (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Michael W. Darrow (2019–2020) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Andy Lamb (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jason Vance (2019) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Kocourek (2019) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Lynch (2019) — Director
  • Former: Peter J. Dorsh (2019) — Director
  • Former: Tim Neuville (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

William Sepic — President: $336KWilliam SepicPresident$336KChristopher Snyder — Executive VP & General COU: $220KChristopher SnyderExecutive VP & General COU$220KMatthew Lavold — Vice President - Controlle: $176KMatthew LavoldVice President - Controlle$176KBrent Kindred — Vice President Watda Found: $134KBrent KindredVice President Watda Found$134KJohn Strange — Account Manager: $116KJohn StrangeAccount Manager$116KSue Goodspeed Miller — Vice President Member Services: $105KSue Goodspeed MillerVice President Member Services$105K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $336K, to William Sepic (President). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc

How much does Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc give each year?

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc gave $100K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $100K across 1 grant.

How large is Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc?

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc reported $19.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.4M.

Where does Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc operate?

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

What is Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc's EIN?

Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-0711650. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 17, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 29, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 30, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 21, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 22, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 23, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 17, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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