Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association

501(c)(6) organization Madison, WI EIN: 39-0714165

To foster, promote and protect the inherent advantages of transportation by motor vehicle and other like business and pursuit. To develop social, scientific and industrial interests and promote the general welfare of its members through and by such means as the association shall from time to time determine.

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association at a glance

In short: Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association gave $24K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $12K), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$23,930
-71.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+100.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$11,965
-85.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$11,965
Total assets
$384,451
+25.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Wisconsin (69% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

The Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association Foundation Inc: $17KThe Wisconsin Motor CarriersAssociation Foundation Inc$17KInternational Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: $7KInternational Towing andRecovery Hall of Fame and…$7K

The largest 2025 recipient was The Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association Foundation Inc ($17K). Together the top 2 received $24K.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 8 (88%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

MadisonChattanooga

How Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+10%). 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$100KTotal only2019 Total only2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2019) to $83K (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $24K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association Foundation Inc Madison, WIGeneral Purposes$16,544
International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum Chattanooga, TNGeneral Purposes$7,386
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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$384,451$943,541$866,024$23,9302$7,900
2024$306,934$846,832$975,139$82,9851$10,000
2023$435,241$860,903$868,608$24,7802$4,321
2022$442,946$788,286$808,701$21,8021$1,915
2021$463,361$819,740$666,729$17,3012$2,089
2020$310,350$664,498$715,011$9,589Total only$7,013
2019$360,863$814,529$773,077$5,917Total only$2,495

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association

Based on IRS filings

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association is a public charity, based in Madison, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $384K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $24K. Net investment income was $8K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association is led by Neal Kedzie, President on every filing since 2019; 2 of 54 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Neal Kedzie

    President

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $144K (2019) → $151K (2025)

  • Daniel Johnson

    President

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $103K (2022) → $100K (2025)

  • Dave Batterman

    Chairman

    2nd Vice Chair → First Vice Chairman, 2023

    First Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Larsen

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Schmit

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bruce Tielens

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carrie Legg

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Zeller

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Armstrong

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Whealon

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis Hilker

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Gerdin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry Schroeder

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Meier

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Holloway

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Schwersenska

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Westberg

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Durham

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wendy Miles

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Skinner

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Schmidt

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Wolf

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan King

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Herb Ottery

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marty Draxler

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Leslie

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Stanaszak

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greg Gmeinder

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Howier Heaton

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jill Rettler

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Tramburg

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Josh Marquardt

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Ryther

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Antonio Hernandez

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Cook

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Crombie

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derrik Ebel

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dustin Ohlman

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ethan Zeimet

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Schulenburg

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kurt Kruger

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Hilger

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Zach Trepanier

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Austin Freeman

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Imlay

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Pence

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Hansen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Jamie

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Victoria Dorweiler

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chis Dahlby

    First Vice Chairman

    Secretary → Second Vice Chairman, 2023

    Second Vice Chairman → First Vice Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Coca

    Second Vice Chairman

    Treasurer → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → Second Vice Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leo Naumann

    Past Chairman

    1st Vice Chair → Chairman of the Board, 2023

    Chairman of the Board → Past Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Hribar

    Secretary

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    Treasurer → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mandi Hinrichs

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (51)
  • Former: Terry Reed (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Cliff Johnson (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: John Drake (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Robert Schaupp (2020–2024) — Past Chairman
  • Former: Bob Leslie (2024) — Director
  • Former: Mike Cotter (2024) — Director
  • Former: Tom Disalvi (2024) — Director
  • Former: Tony Carini (2024) — Director
  • Former: Chris Tanke (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Craig Olsen (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Curt Reitz (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jim Stowell (2019–2023) — Past Chairman
  • Former: John Anderson Jr. (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: John Schingen (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mahlon Gragen (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Marc Wolding (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Pat McConnell (2019–2023) — Past Chairman
  • Former: Rick Roehl (2019–2023) — Past Chairman
  • Former: Teri Kraus (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Andy Schmidt (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Pauline Jaske (2020–2023) — Past Chairman
  • Former: Thom Jackson (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Tim Kordula (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Adam Craft (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Chowansky (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Rob Sowinski (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Martell (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Stood (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ray Drake (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Scott Willert (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mike Marquardt (2020–2021) — Past Chairman
  • Former: Tim Krielkamp (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: John Every (2021) — Director
  • Former: Brent Johnson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Bennette (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jim Van Hefty (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Joe Veriha (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Luke Hagen (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Peter Hirt (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Rick Smith (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Robert Leslie (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Carrie Wergin (2020) — Director
  • Former: Evelyn Skinner (2020) — Director
  • Former: Mark Sericati (2020) — Director
  • Former: Steve Downing (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jim Jansen (2019) — Director
  • Former: John Kreilkamp (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mark Pluff (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mike Hribar (2019) — Director
  • Former: Paul Kardish (2019) — Director
  • Former: Steve Maliborski (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

Neal Kedzie — President (Through June 1): $151KNeal KedziePresident (Through June 1)$151KDaniel Johnson — President (Starting June 2): $100KDaniel JohnsonPresident (Starting June 2)$100K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $151K, to Neal Kedzie (President (Through June 1)). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association

How much does Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association give each year?

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association gave $24K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $83K across 1 grant.

How large is Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association?

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association reported $384K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $944K.

Where does Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association operate?

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association has awarded grants in Tennessee, Wisconsin.

What is Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association's EIN?

Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-0714165. 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

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 18, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 11, 2021)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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