Metropolitan Refuse District INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 39-0989685)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$225K
FY2021	$260K
FY2022	$194K
FY2023	$292K
FY2024	$189K
FY2025	$316K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$154K
FY2021	$164K
FY2022	$164K
FY2023	$202K
FY2024	$244K
FY2025	$180K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	−$768K
FY2021	−$672K
FY2022	−$641K
FY2023	−$551K
FY2024	−$606K
FY2025	−$471K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1964.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

93%

Program services 93% · $167K Management & general 7% · $13K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Benjamin John

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Mooney

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Aaron Jahncke

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bill Burns

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Maintains and monitors a closed landfill for three responsible entities.

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1 program · $167K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Maintenance & monitoring of the closed sanitary landfill for the benefit of the citizens of city of middleton, the village of waunakee and the village of shorewood hills.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 39-0989685) · Dispute this line

$167Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$316K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$174K

Other incomeLn 4–11$121K

Investment incomeLn 3$21K

Money outPt IX

$180K

Ln 25

Programscol B$167K

Managementcol C$13K

Owns and owesPt X

−$471K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$207K

Total assetsLn 16$704K

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

4

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Fees for servicesLn 2g$174K

Investment incomeLn 3$21K

Other incomeLn 4–11$121K

Total revenueLn 12$316K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$207K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$207K

Other assetsLn 15$497K

Total assetsLn 16$704K

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M

Net assetsLn 32−$471K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 64

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$190K	$207K
Total assetsLn 16	$696K	$704K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.3M	$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32	−$606K	−$471K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Accounting feesLn 11c	$2K		$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$6K		$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$165K	$165K
All other expensesLn 24e	$7K	$2K	$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$180K	$167K	$13K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 29, 2026	$316K	$180K	$136K	−$471K	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025	$189K	$244K	−$55K	−$606K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 2, 2024	$292K	$202K	$90K	−$551K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 11, 2023	$194K	$164K	$30K	−$641K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 9, 2022	$260K	$164K	$96K	−$672K	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 7, 2021	$225K	$154K	$71K	−$768K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

D · Assets and endowments O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $316,046 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $160,680$174,480

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $26,183$21,026

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,836$120,540

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $188,699$316,046

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $243,785$180,191

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $243,785$180,191

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$55,086$135,855

Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members3

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $316,046 across 5 lines filed

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $174,480$174,480

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $21,026$21,026

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,836$1,836

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $118,704$118,704

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $293,184 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $22,862$316,046

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $180,191 across 4 lines filed

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,057$2,057

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $5,533$5,533

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $165,261$165,261

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,940 · Management $5,400$7,340

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $167,201 · Management $12,990 · Fundraising $0$180,191

Part X · Balance sheet $704,280 assets, 9 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $190,094$207,271

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $505,983$497,009

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $696,077$704,280

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,952$0

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,293,600$1,174,900

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,302,552$1,174,900

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$606,475−$470,620

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$606,475−$470,620

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $696,077$704,280

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$470,620 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$316,046

XI-2 Total expenses$180,191

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$135,855

XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$606,475

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$470,620

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Metropolitan Refuse District INC

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Metropolitan Refuse District INC

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV

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