Northwest Shoe Travelers Inc
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What it says it does
RETAIL SHOE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
- Income
- $160,717
- Spending
- $157,712
- Employees
- 1
Source: Form 990 for the year ending April 30, 2025, 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 April 30, 2025, 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 April 30, 2025, 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 (1)
- $146,774 spent. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF NORTHWEST SHOE TRAVELERS IS TO FOSTER THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS, TO ASCERTAIN, PROTECT AND DEFEND ITS MEMBERS RIGHTS IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR COMMON OCCUPATION: TO BRING ALL SHOE SALESMEN INTO A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP; TO COOPERATE WITH KINDRED ASSOCIATIONS IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF ALL COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS; TO PROMOTE THE GOODWILL OF RETAIL SHOE MERCHANTS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THIS CORPORATION AND MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND SHOE IMPORTERS AND ANY AND ALL OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 317, MINNESOTA STATUTES 1971, AS AMENDED. TO ACCOMPLISH THE ABOVE PURPOSES, THE NORTHWEST SHOE TRAVELERS, INC., ORGANIZES SHOE TRADE MARKETS FOR ITS MEMBERS TWO TIMES EACH YEAR. THE JULY SHOW RAN FROM JULY 9-10, 2024. THE TRADE MARKET WAS HELD AT THE ST. PAUL RIVERCENTRE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AND APPROXIMATELY 86 EXHIBITORS AND 72 RETAIL STORES ATTENDED THIS MARKET. THE SECOND SHOW DURING THIS TIME FRAME WAS HELD ON JANUARY 13-14, 2025. THE TRADE MARKET WAS HELD AT THE ST. PAUL RIVERCENTRE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AND APPROXIMATELY 83 EXHIBITORS AND 80 RETAIL STORES ATTENDED THIS MARKET. THESE ATTENDEES WERE FROM THE MIDWEST STATES OF MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, AND IOWA. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF NORTHWEST SHOE TRAVELERS IS TO FOSTER THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS, TO ASCERTAIN, PROTECT AND DEFEND ITS MEMBERS RIGHTS IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR COMMON OCCUPATION: TO BRING ALL SHOE SALESMEN INTO A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP; TO COOPERATE WITH KINDRED ASSOCIATIONS IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF ALL COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS; TO PROMOTE THE GOODWILL OF RETAIL SHOE MERCHANTS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THIS CORPORATION AND MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND SHOE IMPORTERS AND ANY AND ALL OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 317, MINNESOTA STATUTES 1971, AS AMENDED. TO ACCOMPLISH THE ABOVE PURPOSES, THE NORTHWEST SHOE TRAVELERS, INC., ORGANIZES SHOE TRADE MARKETS FOR ITS MEMBERS TWO TIMES EACH YEAR. THE JULY SHOW RAN FROM JULY 9-10, 2024. THE TRADE MARKET WAS HELD AT THE ST. PAUL RIVERCENTRE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AND APPROXIMATELY 86 EXHIBITORS AND 72 RETAIL STORES ATTENDED THIS MARKET. THE SECOND SHOW DURING THIS TIME FRAME WAS HELD ON JANUARY 13-14, 2025. THE TRADE MARKET WAS HELD AT THE ST. PAUL RIVERCENTRE, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA AND APPROXIMATELY 83 EXHIBITORS AND 80 RETAIL STORES ATTENDED THIS MARKET. THESE ATTENDEES WERE FROM THE MIDWEST STATES OF MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, AND IOWA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending April 30, 2025, 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)(6) business league.
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)(6) business league 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 April 2025.
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 August 1950.
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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