Nonprofit · EIN 42-1479879
IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL
Tax-exempt · DES MOINES, IA 50317
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,240,250 | $1,183,109 | $57,141 | $562,680 | $0 | $562,680 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $912,384 | $908,174 | $4,210 | $505,539 | $0 | $505,539 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,180,574 | $1,021,404 | $159,170 | $501,329 | $0 | $501,329 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $884,420
- Program service revenue
- $345,734
- Investment income
- $9,096
- Other revenue
- $1,000
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $80,017
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $13,200
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $505,539
- Total assets, end of year
- $562,680
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $562,680
- Gross receipts
- $1,240,250
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- IA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELLE BROWN | CEO Officer | 12 | $0 | $88,672 | $16,213 |
| SARAH KNIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KELSIE WATKINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LORI M EASTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RYAN KONRAD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KENNETH WEST | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID HENRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC CARLSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LUCAS PLOEN | VICE CHAIRPE Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JUSTIN VENTEICHER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELLE WICKER | CEO Officer | 12 | $0 | $80,779 | $14,329 |
| SARAH KNIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JUSTIN VENTEICHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KELSIE WATKINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LORIE M EASTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID HENRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC CARLSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LUCAS PLOEN | VICE CHAIRPE Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA DAILY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELLE WICKER | CEO Officer | 12 | $0 | $77,049 | $13,763 |
| BILL BRAND LEFT JULY 2023 | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH KNIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES MARTIN LEFT JULY 2023 | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| THATCHER BLOCK LEFT MARCH 2023 | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC CARLSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LUCAS PLOEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KELSIE WATKINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LORIE M EASTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DANI LING | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ROGER BERGFELD JR | VICE CHAIRPE Trustee or director, Officer | 0.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA DAILY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 57188, DES MOINES, IA 50317-0004
- In care of
- % DEBRA A GROOMS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ERIC CARLSON
- Signed the 990
- MICHELLE BROWN, CEO
- Phone
- (515) 564-1260
- Return prepared by
- MHCS PC
Mission
THE IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL PROMOTES SAFETY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, PROGRAMS, AND TRAINING CLASSES.
Program accomplishments
- FUNDING REBATE PROGRAMS THROUGH IOWA PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION- THE REGULATOR REBATE PROGRAM ALLOWS THE PROPANE MARKETER TO RECEIVE A REBATE FOR THE REMOVAL OF REGULATORS IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL SAFETY THREAT. DURING 2025, THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM TOTALED 4,613. THE HIGH EFFICIENCY PROPANE WATER HEATER REBATE PROGRAM ALLOWS PROPANE MARKETERS TO RECEIVE A REBATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH EFFICIENCY PROPANE WATER HEATERS. DURING 2025, THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM TOTALED 52,536. LASTLY, THE HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACE REBATE PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR PROPANE MARKETERS TO RECEIVE A REBATE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH EFFICIENCY PROPANE FURNACES/BOILERS. DURING 2025, THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM TOTALED 205,283.
- FUNDING CLASSES & TRAINING PROGRAMS THROUGH IOWA PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION - CONDUCTS SAFETY EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROPANE GAS. APPROXIMATELY, 667 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED PROGRAMS, SHOWS AND MEETINGS IN 2025.
- FUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE & NEWSLETTER THROUGH IOWA PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION- THE PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE PROVIDES PROPANE GAS SAFETY TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATION THROUGH BROCHURES AND THE MEDIA. THE NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE TO ALL PROPANE GAS DISTRIBUTORS, MARKETERS, AND WHOLESALERS IN THE STATE OF IOWA TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND EDUCATION IN THE INDUSTRY.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 42-1479879
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $562,680
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,240,250
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,240,250 | $1,183,109 | $562,680 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $912,384 | $908,174 | $505,539 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,180,574 | $1,021,404 | $501,329 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $715,522 | $929,093 | $342,159 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 42-1479879).
Questions about IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL
- What is the EIN of IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL is 42-1479879.
- Is IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 2005.
- Are donations to IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ERIC CARLSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does IOWA PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,240,250, expenses of $1,183,109 and total assets of $562,680 at year end.
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