PORTABLE LIGHTS AMERICA TRADE ORGANIZATION INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $87K · expenses $62K · assets $110K

Also known as

ORGANIZATION INC (PLATO)

EIN

27-3514396

Address

2700 PORT RD, COLUMBUS, OH 43217-1136

Website

HTTP://PLATO-USE.ORG

NTEE code

S41 Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues (Community Improvement and Capacity Building) published (IRS Business Master File)

Exempt type

501(c)(6): business league or chamber of commerce (corporation)

Ruling date

March 2012 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

No

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Mission

TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PORTABLE LIGHTS INDUSTRY. THE ENTITY'S SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES ARE BASED ON ENFORCEMENT OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS, PRODUCT SAFETY, AND TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST FALSE AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.