Kenosha Area Business Alliance
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What it says it does
KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE IS THE LEAD BUSINESS ORGANIZATION THAT DRIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT KENOSHA COUNTY AND SUPPORTS AND PROVIDES SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY, HELPING TO ENSURE GROWTH, A ROBUST ECONOMY, AND A POSITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE FOR THE KENOSHA AREA.
- Income
- $3.8 million
- Spending
- $2.5 million
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 33
- Highest pay
- $325,418, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $8,439 spent. KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE MANAGES SEVERAL REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS AIMED AT ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES TO AND RETAINING BUSINESSES IN KENOSHA COUNTY, CREATING AND RETAINING JOBS, AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISASTER RECOVERY MICROLOAN FUND IS TO PROVIDE LOANS TO BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY DISASTERS, EITHER NATURAL OR MAN-MADE AND ASSIST WITH NECESSARY RESTORATION AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
- $405,100 spent. KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE (KABA) PROVIDES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE CATALOG OF CLASSES AND HOSTS A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS ON TIMELY TOPICS AND IS ABLE TO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED, ONSITE TRAINING AND TEAMBUILDING. KABA ALSO HOSTS NOTEWORTHY MEMBER EVENTS ANNUALLY ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING KEY ISSUES BREAKFASTS ON CURRENT TOPICS SUCH AS HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION, NEW MEMBER ORIENTATIONS, AN ECONOMIC FORECAST BREAKFAST, A BUSINESS AWARDS DINNER, AN ANNUAL MEETING, A HOLIDAY SOCIAL, AND MORE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE INFORMATIVE AND RELEVANT AND PROVIDE GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER KENOSHA AREA ORGANIZATIONS.
- $1.6 million spent. TO FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A LESS POPULATED AREA AND TO FOSTER GROWTH, KABA PURCHASED A 82 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND IN THE TOWN OF SALEM, KENOSHA COUNTY. KABA AND THE TOWN OF SALEM ARE PARTNERING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BUSINESS PARK. THE BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE BUSINESSES INCENTIVES FOR HIGH IMPACT DEVELOPMENTS FOR JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. DURING 2017, KABA CONTRUCTED A MANUFACTURING BUILDING AND HAS ENTERED INTO AN INCENTIVIZED 10 YEAR LEASE WITH A COMPANY.
- OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1984.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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