- Revenue 2024
- $9,604,768
- Expenses 2024
- $9,489,844
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 425 3RD ST SW STE 1150
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
ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO THE PUBLIC, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE OF RENEWABLE FUELS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO PUBLIC INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT CONCERNING
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PROVIDED MEMBERS WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS AND STUDIES ON PUBLIC POLICY, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
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PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH WEEKLY UPDATES ON TECHNICAL, LEGISLATIVE, MARKETING, CO-PRODUCTS, VEHICLES, AND OTHER AREAS RELATED TO RENEWABLE FUELS.
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THE RFA'S ANNUAL INDUSTRY OUTLOOK IS PRODUCED AND PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE RENEWABLE FUELS INDUSTRY.
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.
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Geoffrey C CooperGEOFFREY C COOPER
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $654,181
- From this org
- $557,442
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $96,739
- Hours/week
- 40 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $417,442
- Bonus
- $140,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $63,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,739
- Filer's total
- $654,181
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Jeff OestmannJEFF OESTMANN
RFA CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Derek PeineDEREK PEINE
RFA VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David ZimmermanDAVID ZIMMERMAN
RFA TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim WintersTIM WINTERS
RFA SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alex MenottiALEX MENOTTI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill HowellBILL HOWELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill PrachtBILL PRACHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Brian KletscherBRIAN KLETSCHER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chad FrieseCHAD FRIESE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris LudwigCHRIS LUDWIG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris MitchellCHRIS MITCHELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris WilsonCHRIS WILSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Chuck WoodsideCHUCK WOODSIDE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dan ShortDAN SHORT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave SovereignDAVE SOVEREIGN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ed StewartED STEWART
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erik HuschittERIK HUSCHITT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric BaukolERIC BAUKOL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric FobesERIC FOBES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric McAfeeERIC MCAFEE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric MosbeyERIC MOSBEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeanne McCahertyJEANNE MCCAHERTY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan CosbyJONATHAN COSBY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kathy BergrenKATHY BERGREN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
The first 25 listed. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $9,604,768
- Expenses
- $9,489,844
- Contributions
- $739,920
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $8,806,335
- Expenses
- $8,922,490
- Contributions
- $672,850
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $8,188,012
- Expenses
- $7,442,882
- Contributions
- $659,875
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,717,767
- Expenses
- $6,647,986
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,458,234
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,762,820
- Expenses
- $7,691,432
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,944,429
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,495,266
- Expenses
- $7,260,495
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,675,784
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,447,860
- Expenses
- $8,979,992
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,779,191
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,853,980
- Expenses
- $8,680,609
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,306,271
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,604,565
- Expenses
- $7,916,592
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,277,039
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,180,550
- Expenses
- $7,506,732
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,166,815
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,359,012
- Expenses
- $6,737,409
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,774,254
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,003,919
- Expenses
- $8,026,005
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,199,753
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $7,992,882
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,778,669
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
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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MINNESOTA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
$150,000
2024 Education & Awareness
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$65,000
2024 E15 MARKET EXPANSION
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
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501(C)(3) · FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL STUDIES · DC · controlled entity
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RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION PAC
527 · POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES · DC · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.