Wisconsin · Nonprofit
KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC
KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being JOHN & RUTH KLOSS CHARITABLE TR UMA ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $38M
What Kenosha Area Business Alliance Inc does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$8,439 spent$371,035 earned by the program0% of program spendingKenosha 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.
$405,100 spent$148,783 earned by the program20% of program spendingTo 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.
$1,598,901 spent$1,137,034 earned by the program79% of program spendingOther program revenue
$1,326,368 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,012,440.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $38M to $44M (+17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 9% · 2018 8% · 2019 7% · 2020 6% · 2021 3% · 2022 3% · 2023 5% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Wes Saber
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.2M on record.
- Department of Commerce$4.0M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Kaba Building LLC · disregarded
- Kaba Development LLC · disregarded
- Salem Business Park LLC · disregarded
- Salem Building #1 LLC · disregarded
- Salem Building #2 LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC?
- KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being JOHN & RUTH KLOSS CHARITABLE TR UMA ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC?
- JOHN & RUTH KLOSS CHARITABLE TR UMA is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing