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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXELLENCE

EIN 52-0954597 LEESBURG, VA

Revenue 2024
$23,785,949
Expenses 2024
$20,848,619

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
1503 EDWARDS FERRY RD NE STE 401

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

ASE'S MISSION IS TO SERVE THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY AS AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY THAT UPHOLDS AND PROMOTES HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND REPAIR THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION, AND CREDENTIALING OF CURRENT AND FUTURE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY AS AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY THAT UPHOLDS AND PROMOTES HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND REPAIR THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION, AND CREDENTIALING OF CURRENT AND FUTURE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.

  • VOLUNTARY TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS DURING 2024; ABOUT 120,700 PROFESSIONALS NATIONWIDE REGISTERED FOR TESTS IN MORE THAN 60 SPECIALTY SERVICES AREAS, WHILE 16,800 PROFESSIONALS IN THE AUTOMOBILE DISCIPLINE RECERTIFIED VIA THE RENEWAL APP. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 79,000 STUDENTS TOOK MORE THAN 271,000 TESTS.

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.

  • BRAD MARSHALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD PELLMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID JOHNSON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $669,099
    From this org
    $553,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $116,037
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $392,626
    Bonus
    $140,000
    Other
    $20,436
    Deferred
    $92,663
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,374
    Filer's total
    $669,099

  • ELISHA HUDDLESTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY UYEMATSU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOMER HOGG

    PAST CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON RAINEY

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN HANIGHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN WOLF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH STONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TED HAYES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TEJ GILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM PALERMO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM TRISDALE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLISON GUTH

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $266,960
    From this org
    $232,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,148
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,772
    Bonus
    $30,450
    Other
    $2,590
    Deferred
    $25,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,773
    Filer's total
    $266,960

  • MIKE COLEY

    PRESIDENT , ASE EDUCATION FOUNDATION

    Total calculated
    $358,809
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $294,660
    Other
    $64,149
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $248,497 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $39,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,163 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,649 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $358,809 related

  • DAVE CAPPERT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $196,892
    From this org
    $159,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,296
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,727
    Bonus
    $3,800
    Other
    $4,069
    Deferred
    $19,392
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,904
    Filer's total
    $196,892

  • DONNA WAGNER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $216,314
    From this org
    $200,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,204
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,312
    Bonus
    $26,250
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,204
    Filer's total
    $216,314

  • JOHN TISDALE

    VP

    Total calculated
    $239,678
    From this org
    $198,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,210
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,842
    Bonus
    $26,250
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $21,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,335
    Filer's total
    $239,678

  • MATTHEW SHEPANEK

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $212,578
    From this org
    $202,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $26,250
    Other
    $828
    Deferred
    $10,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $212,578

  • REBECCA SUTTER

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $267,487
    From this org
    $238,332
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,490
    Bonus
    $31,500
    Other
    $1,342
    Deferred
    $12,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,555
    Filer's total
    $267,487

  • TIMOTHY ZILKE

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $165,013
    From this org
    $165,013
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,013
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,013

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
    $23,785,949
    Expenses
    $20,848,619
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $115,600
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,607,824
    Expenses
    $20,279,224
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $54,153
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,250,116
    Expenses
    $18,466,257
    Contributions
    $718,050
    Grants paid
    $42,805

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
    $18,755,834
    Expenses
    $17,655,334
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,163,895

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,954,760
    Expenses
    $14,276,378
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,209,695

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Declared as related by

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.