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PROPANE EDUCATION & RESEARCH COUNCIL INC

EIN 36-4192410 RICHMOND, VA

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Revenue 2025
$40,610,525
Expenses 2025
$35,603,535

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
2000
Street
200 S 10TH STREET

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 · 2025

Mission

TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS INCLUDING PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE CONSUMER AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY & TRAINING, TO PROVIDE FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN AND EFFICIENT PROPANE UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SAFETY AND OTHER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF PROPANE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EXPAND AND GROW SAFE EFFICIENT USE OF ODORIZED PROPANE GAS AS PREFERRED ENERGY SOURCE.

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - SUPPORT RESEARCH RELATED TO THE USE OF ODORIZED PROPANE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROPANE UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT.

  • SAFETY AND TRAINING - SUPPORT PUBLIC AND PROPANE INDUSTRY AWARENESS AND TRAINING TO FOSTER THE SAFE, EFFICIENT USE AND HANDLING OF ODORIZED PROPANE.

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Thomas Perkins Jr

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $677,137
    From this org
    $640,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,889
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,943
    Bonus
    $187,305
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,889
    Filer's total
    $677,137
  • Bridget Kidd

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $382,150
    From this org
    $337,998
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,152
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,433
    Bonus
    $110,565
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,500
    Filer's total
    $382,150
  • Shawn Stack

    SVP, FINANCE, DATA, AND TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $291,829
    From this org
    $256,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,926
    Bonus
    $59,776
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,203
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,924
    Filer's total
    $291,829
  • Erin Hatcher

    SVP, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $286,665
    From this org
    $248,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,094
    Bonus
    $49,776
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,159
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,636
    Filer's total
    $286,665
  • Eric Kuster

    SVP, SAFETY, EDUC, AND COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $275,719
    From this org
    $247,898
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,821
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,445
    Bonus
    $48,453
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,808
    Filer's total
    $275,719
  • Theresa Ryan

    DIR OF ADMINISTRATION AND HR

    Total calculated
    $236,780
    From this org
    $214,844
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,936
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,096
    Bonus
    $30,748
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,541
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,395
    Filer's total
    $236,780
  • Lyndon Rickards

    DIR OF SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $202,958
    From this org
    $177,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,001
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,661
    Bonus
    $23,296
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,342
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,659
    Filer's total
    $202,958
  • Grace Willis

    DIR OF MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA

    Total calculated
    $202,558
    From this org
    $182,151
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,407
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,709
    Bonus
    $22,442
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,074
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,333
    Filer's total
    $202,558
  • Michael Newland

    DIR OF AGRICULTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $201,376
    From this org
    $181,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,108
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,681
    Bonus
    $23,587
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,847
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,261
    Filer's total
    $201,376
  • Gavin Hale

    DIR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & POWER GENERATION

    Total calculated
    $192,349
    From this org
    $179,094
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,255
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,454
    Bonus
    $25,461
    Other
    $8,179
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,255
    Filer's total
    $192,349
  • Chris Hill

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Garcia

    VICE CHAIRMAN, PRODUCERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Deberdine

    VICE CHAIRMAN, MARKETERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Young

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Richardson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Defilippo

    PAST CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Kerns

    PAST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Dickinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Antwan Holmes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Sutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Wilkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becca Gibbens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernie Guffey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Heim

    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $40,610,525
    Expenses
    $35,603,535
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $640,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $39,041,155
    Expenses
    $42,998,111
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $41,226,095
    Expenses
    $42,290,884
    Contributions
    $0
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,056,977
    Expenses
    $31,022,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,183,417
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,880,070
    Expenses
    $27,147,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,875,300
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,099,925
    Expenses
    $31,267,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,699,456
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,569,665
    Expenses
    $26,431,170
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,043,899
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,410,721
    Expenses
    $31,377,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,897,353
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,371,253
    Expenses
    $35,139,162
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,082,079
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,154,734
    Expenses
    $32,710,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,245,170
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,433,258
    Expenses
    $35,426,981
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,161,094
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,927,129
    Expenses
    $27,007,265
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,638,036
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $26,863,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,917,860

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

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.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.