PACIFIC PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $570K · expenses $558K · assets $267K

EIN
81-2965287
Address
629 W HILLSDALE ST, LANSING, MI 48933-2216
NTEE code
Y03
Exempt type
501(c)(6): business league or chamber of commerce (corporation)
Ruling date
October 2016 (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

Represent, Educate, Promote & Research The Propane Industry

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 29 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

29 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.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Matthew Solak Executive Director2023-2025 5 $0 reported 4
Bryan Adams Director2021-2025 1 $0 reported 2
Bert Turn Director2020-2025 1 $0 reported 3
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director2020-2025 1 $0 reported 3
Ryan Buller Immediate Past President Director2020-2025 1 $0 reported 3
Gary Kelly President2021-2025 2 $0 reported 2
Glen Willmott Vice President2023-2025 2 $0 reported 2
Bruce Engeman Director2020-2025 1 $0 reported 2
Ryan Nootenboom SecretaryTreasurer2025 1 $0 reported 2
Alex Gallard Director2025 1 $0 reported 4
Casandra Russo Director Alaska State2025 1 $0 reported 4
Emily Ochoa Director2025 1 $0 reported 2
Adam Schultz Director2025 1 $0 reported 2
Jeremy Ball Director2025 1 $0 reported 2
Casey Dell Director2025 1 $0 reported 2
Justin Carey Director2025 1 $0 reported 2
Denver VanderYacht (former) Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dave Reynolds (former) Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Brad Lancaster (former) Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 3
Jeff Carothers (former) Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Claude Zehnder (former) Immediate Past President2020-2023 1 $0 reported 2
K Dalling and Associates Inc Institution (former) Executive Director2020-2022 5 $0 reported 8
Mike Hicks (former) Director2020-2022 1 $0 reported 2
Craig Schultz (former) Director2020 1 $0 reported 2
Curtis Odoms (former) Director2020 1 $0 reported 2
Jim Reddington (former) District 1 Director2020 1 $0 reported 3
Steve Miller (former) Washington State Director2020 1 $0 reported 3
Larry VanderYacht (former) Director2020 1 $0 reported 2
Randy Camp (former) Immediate Past President2020 1 $0 reported 2

People by year

2025 · 16 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 16 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bryan Adams Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Bert Turn Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Matthew Solak Executive Director5 $0$0$0 $04
Alex Gallard Director1 $0$0$0 $04
Bruce Engeman Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Emily Ochoa Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Adam Schultz Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Jeremy Ball Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Casey Dell Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Justin Carey Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Casandra Russo Director Alaska State1 $0$0$0 $04
Ryan Buller Immediate Past President Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Gary Kelly President2 $0$0$0 $02
Glen Willmott Vice President2 $0$0$0 $02
Ryan Nootenboom SecretaryTreasurer1 $0$0$0 $02
2024 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 11 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Denver VanderYacht Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Bryan Adams Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Dave Reynolds Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Brad Lancaster Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Bert Turn Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Jeff Carothers Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Matthew Solak Executive Director5 $0$0$0 $04
Ryan Buller President2 $0$0$0 $03
Gary Kelly Vice President1 $0$0$0 $02
Glen Willmott Secretary Treasurer2 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Brad Lancaster Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Dave Reynolds Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Bert Turn Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Jeff Carothers Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Bryan Adams Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Matthew Solak Executive Director5 $0$0$0 $04
Denver VanderYacht Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Ryan Buller President2 $0$0$0 $03
Glen Willmott Secretary Treasurer2 $0$0$0 $02
Gary Kelly Vice President1 $0$0$0 $02
Claude Zehnder Immediate Past President1 $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 11 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Brad Lancaster Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Dave Reynolds Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Denver VanderYacht Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Jeff Carothers Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Bryan Adams Director1 $0$0$0 $02
K Dalling and Associates Inc Institution Executive Director5 $0$0$0 $08
Mike Hicks Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Ryan Buller Vice President2 $0$0$0 $03
Claude Zehnder President1 $0$0$0 $02
Gary Kelly Secretary Treasurer2 $0$0$0 $02
2021 · 11 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 11 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Brad Lancaster Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Dave Reynolds Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Denver VanderYacht Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Jeff Carothers Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Bryan Adams Director1 $0$0$0 $02
K Dalling and Associates Inc Institution Executive Director5 $0$0$0 $08
Mike Hicks Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Ryan Buller Vice President2 $0$0$0 $03
Claude Zehnder President1 $0$0$0 $02
Gary Kelly Secretary Treasurer2 $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 13 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Curtis Odoms Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Larry VanderYacht Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Craig Schultz Director1 $0$0$0 $02
Steve Miller Washington State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Zoe Williams Hawaii State Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Jim Reddington District 1 Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Bruce Engeman Director1 $0$0$0 $02
K Dalling and Associates Inc Institution Executive Director5 $0$0$0 $08
Bert Turn Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Claude Zehnder President1 $0$0$0 $02
Ryan Buller Vice President2 $0$0$0 $03
Randy Camp Immediate Past President1 $0$0$0 $02
Mike Hicks Secretary Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 1 contractor · $120K
NameLocationServicePaid
Kindsvatter Dalling and Assoc IncLansing, MIManagement Company$120,000
2023 · 1 contractor · $106K
NameLocationServicePaid
Kindsvatter Dalling and Assoc IncLansing, MIManagement Company$106,500

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.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$570,180$558,096 $267,240$267,240 $0$566,973 $0016
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$764,736$863,382 $255,156$255,156 $0$762,739 $0011
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$867,648$833,750 $353,802$353,802 $0$863,632 $0012
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$759,243$855,386 $319,904$319,904 $0$757,674 $0011
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$682,686$702,519 $416,047$416,047 $0$681,342 $0011
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$650,639$476,740 $435,880$435,880 $0$648,955 $0012

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $46,500 in all, tax years 2025 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
PROPANE EDUCATION & RESEARCH COUNCIL INC Public charity Exact 2025 1$46,500 2025$46,500
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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.

2025 · Form 990 · $558,096 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $24,429
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Rebates and Returned Rebates $385,102$385,102-- 69.0%
Fees: management $68,500$68,500-- 12.3%
Other (as described)Consultant $49,000$49,000-- 8.8%
Other (as described)Public Relations $24,560$24,560-- 4.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $24,429$23,363$1,066- 4.4%
Fees: accounting $3,791-$3,791- 0.7%
Advertising and promotion $1,875$1,875-- 0.3%
Other (as described)Fees $547-$547- 0.1%
All other expenses $287-$287- 0.1%
Office expenses $5-$5- 0.0%
Total$558,096100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $863,382 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $80,188
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Rebates and Returned Rebates $453,502$451,687$1,815- 52.5%
Other (as described)Public Relations $166,500$166,500-- 19.3%
Fees: management $120,000$120,000-- 13.9%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $80,188$75,704$4,484- 9.3%
Other (as described)Consultant $36,074$36,074-- 4.2%
Fees: accounting $3,488-$3,488- 0.4%
Office expenses $2,249$1,905$344- 0.3%
All other expenses $881-$881- 0.1%
Other (as described)Dues and Subscriptions $500$500-- 0.1%
Total$863,382100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $833,750 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $108,361
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Rebates and Returned Rebates $469,425$466,207$3,218- 56.3%
Other (as described)Consultant $118,048$118,048-- 14.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $108,361$104,699$3,662- 13.0%
Fees: management $106,500$106,500-- 12.8%
Advertising and promotion $19,000$19,000-- 2.3%
Office expenses $3,791$3,775$16- 0.5%
Fees: accounting $3,726-$3,726- 0.4%
Travel $2,626-$2,626- 0.3%
Other (as described)Dues and Subscriptions $1,000$1,000-- 0.1%
Other (as described)Postage $720$490$230- 0.1%
All other expenses $553$100$453- 0.1%
Total$833,750100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $855,386 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $90,401
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Rebates and Returned Rebates $474,813$471,447$3,366- 55.5%
Other (as described)Consultant $115,800$115,800-- 13.5%
Fees: management $112,500$112,500-- 13.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $90,401$86,919$3,482- 10.6%
Advertising and promotion $38,000$38,000-- 4.4%
Other (as described)Fuel for Training $14,922$14,922-- 1.7%
Office expenses $4,134$4,112$22- 0.5%
Fees: accounting $3,344-$3,344- 0.4%
All other expenses $1,285$850$435- 0.2%
Other (as described)Postage $187-$187- 0.0%
Total$855,386100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $702,519 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $32,072
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Rebates and Returned Rebates $536,204$532,108$4,096- 76.3%
Fees: management $114,000$114,000-- 16.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $32,072$32,072-- 4.6%
Other (as described)Fuel for Training $12,766$12,766-- 1.8%
Fees: accounting $3,111-$3,111- 0.4%
Office expenses $1,345$1,037$308- 0.2%
All other expenses $1,000$1,000-- 0.1%
Insurance $917-$917- 0.1%
Other (as described)Postage $696$471$225- 0.1%
Other (as described)Fees $408-$408- 0.1%
Total$702,519100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $476,740 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $41,490
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Rebates and Returned Rebates $289,527$284,247$5,280- 60.7%
Fees: management $113,500$113,500-- 23.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $41,490$40,997$493- 8.7%
Advertising and promotion $18,500$18,500-- 3.9%
Other (as described)Fuel for Training $7,762$7,762-- 1.6%
Fees: accounting $2,784-$2,784- 0.6%
Other (as described)Fees $1,350-$1,350- 0.3%
Insurance $917-$917- 0.2%
Office expenses $650$625$25- 0.1%
Other (as described)Postage $260-$260- 0.1%
Total$476,740100%

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