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GROWTH ENERGY

EIN 26-3542537 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$27,448,026
Expenses 2024
$26,781,457

As filed

Subsection
06
NTEE code
S41
Classification
2000
Street
1401 I ST NW STE 1220

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE ETHANOL AS A SUSTAINABLE, CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE.

  • PUBLIC RELATIONS -NEWS RELEASES, INTERVIEWS, BLOGGING, MEDIA (PAID AND EARNED), RESPONSE TO NEGATIVE MEDIA, EVENTS MARKETING, ETC.

  • MARKET DEVELOPMENT -RETAILER PROMOTIONS, MARKETING AND EDUCATION

  • LOBBYING -ADVOCATE FOR PRO-ETHANOL LEGISLATION AND REGULATION AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TOM WILLIS

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SANDERS

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROD HARRIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM KUFFEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVE ZIMMERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF BROIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK MARQUIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATHAN VANDERGRIEND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAY BRADBURY

    DIRECTOR (THRU 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK SCHWARCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT PITSTICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY SKOR

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,109,067
    From this org
    $1,042,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $769,544
    Bonus
    $250,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $30,628
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,895
    Filer's total
    $1,109,067

  • JOE KAKESH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $437,513
    From this org
    $387,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,668
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,219
    Bonus
    $49,626
    Other
    $30,000
    Deferred
    $17,384
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,284
    Filer's total
    $437,513

  • MATT DOOLEY

    CONTROLLER (AS OF 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $98,217
    From this org
    $96,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,242
    Hours/week
    40

  • BEN BUTTERFIELD

    CONTROLLER (THRU 2/29/24)

    Total calculated
    $123,985
    From this org
    $121,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,327
    Hours/week
    40

  • MITCH MILLER

    VICE CHAIRMAN (THRU 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH FUNDERBURK

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $459,225
    From this org
    $441,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,316
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,671
    Bonus
    $56,238
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $14,874
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,442
    Filer's total
    $459,225

  • CHRIS BLILEY

    SVP OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $439,742
    From this org
    $381,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,316
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $310,899
    Bonus
    $49,953
    Other
    $20,574
    Deferred
    $19,643
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,673
    Filer's total
    $439,742

  • KELLY MANNING

    SVP OF MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $375,194
    From this org
    $317,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,612
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,945
    Bonus
    $64,379
    Other
    $13,258
    Deferred
    $16,477
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,135
    Filer's total
    $375,194

  • JORDAN COMER

    VP OF MARKET DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $402,407
    From this org
    $360,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,238
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,169
    Bonus
    $57,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $14,673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,565
    Filer's total
    $402,407

  • JOHN FUHER

    VP OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $371,289
    From this org
    $348,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,387
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,902
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $19,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,442
    Filer's total
    $371,289

  • LORRIE KING

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $310,860
    From this org
    $296,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,397
    Bonus
    $33,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $11,526
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,937
    Filer's total
    $310,860

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $27,448,026
    Expenses
    $26,781,457
    Contributions
    $2,429,002
    Grants paid
    $362,350
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $27,188,903
    Expenses
    $29,203,165
    Contributions
    $3,465,808
    Grants paid
    $300,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $28,149,322
    Expenses
    $23,521,096
    Contributions
    $6,217,326
    Grants paid
    $811,855

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,100,031
    Expenses
    $20,197,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,527,063

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,167,070
    Expenses
    $18,127,215
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,923,537

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,769,723
    Expenses
    $23,794,312
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,296,558

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,964,911
    Expenses
    $27,091,831
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,936,485

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,776,472
    Expenses
    $24,123,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,190,929

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,248,532
    Expenses
    $26,000,273
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,779,232

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,410,300
    Expenses
    $24,790,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,592,954

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,388,983
    Expenses
    $24,300,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,105,340

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,885,306
    Expenses
    $19,485,546
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,315,868

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $24,360,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,795,955

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.