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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by AMERICAN RENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$579,728
Total expenses
$440,325
Contributions and grants received
$434,361
Grants paid
$329,560
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$100,922
Other revenue
$44,445
Total assets, end of year
$1,911,389
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,284
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,890,105
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$436,303
Management and general expenses
$4,022
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$436,303

Program services were 99.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $169,993

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $264,368

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $167,443

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,589 · excluded $41,589

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $275,972

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $216,639

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $59,333

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $59,333 · excluded $59,333

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $169,993

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,270

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$24,270 · excluded -$24,270

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $68,500

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $68,500 · excluded $68,500

  • 11a · Other revenue: RAMP REBATE

    total $215 · related or exempt $215

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $215

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $171,603 · program services $171,603

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $157,957 · program services $157,957

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,056 · management and general $1,056

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,150 · management and general $2,150

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $816 · management and general $816

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,266 · program services $17,266

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,315 · program services $31,315

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,338 · program services $4,338

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,750 · program services $2,750

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,258 · program services $40,258

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,816 · program services $10,816

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $58,963 · end of year $130,231

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $152,471 · end of year $161,074

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,758 · end of year $17,158

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,244 · end of year $350

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,482,441 · end of year $1,576,214

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,546 · end of year $26,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,364 · end of year $19,564

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,858 · end of year $1,720

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,471,340 · end of year $1,658,170

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $229,861 · end of year $231,935

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT CREATE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND AID THE RENTAL INDUSTRY.

  • SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENTAL BUSINESS. MARKET AND DISPERSE APPLICATIONS, COLLECT AND EVALUATE APPLICATIONS, AND AWARD THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $163,087 · Grants $152,619

  • COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TORO COMPANY FOUNDATION, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH VARIOUS RENTAL-RELATED PROJECTS.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $100,000

  • DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO RENTAL STORES THAT HAVE SUSTAINED A NATURAL DISASTER.

    Expenses $12,500 · Grants $12,500

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE TECHNICAL TRAINING GRANTS TO RENTAL BUSINESS OWNERS TO ASSIST WITH PROVIDING TECHNICAL TRAINING TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, SPONSORSHIPS FOR CONFERENCES RELATED TO EQUIPMENT AND EVENT RENTAL INDUSTRY, AND OTHER PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR ARA.

    Expenses $160,716 · Grants $64,441 · Revenue $215

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARCY WRIGHT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $378,936
    From this org
    $316,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,505
    Hours/week
    2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $271,410
    Bonus
    $44,745
    Other
    $276
    Deferred
    $29,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,599
    Filer's total
    $380,309

  • STACY IRONS

    CHAIR/TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LIZ WILSON

    VICE-CHAIR/TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS HOLST

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JILL PETERSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $95,128
    From this org
    $56,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,280
    Hours/week
    30

  • JOHN BIBBO

    TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRY TURNER

    TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVE RICCI

    TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIA WATTS

    TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFF CROTTO

    TRUSTEE/ARA BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN RICHARDSON

    TRUSTEE/ARA PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TONY CONANT

    TRUSTEE/ARA CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 5:
MARCY WRIGHT AND JILL PETERSON ARE PAID BY THE AMERICAN RENTAL ASSOCIATION, AN UNRELATED ENTITY, FOR THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO THE FOUNDATION. THEIR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARE REPORTED ON PART VII.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632159349300808

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