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AIST FOUNDATION

EIN 25-1402010 WARRENDALE, PA

Revenue 2023
$834,646
Expenses 2023
$1,210,892

Program services were 86.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T21
Classification
1000
Street
186 THORN HILL RD

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 · 2023

Mission

To ensure the iron and steel industry of tomorrow will have a sufficient number of qualified professionals.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To promote and benefit the Association for Iron and Steel Technology through the investment of funds and the providing of research grants, scholarships and student programs that serve to advance the iron, steel and related industries.

  • The AIST Foundation awards grants to instructors to encourage more students to choose the steel industry as their field of study; to recruit more of such graduates to the steel industry, and to increase the number of instructors knowledgeable in steel in North American universities.These grants include, Steel Curriculum Development Grants, Kent D. Peaslee Junior Faculty Award, Steel Professor Grants, Don Daily Safety Grants, Digital Technologies Grants, and Sustainable Technologies Grants among other support for teaching professionals.

    Expenses $330,352 · Grants $305,688

  • Foundation Scholarship Programs - The AIST Foundation awards academic scholarships on an annual basis to talented and dedicated students to encourage the pursuit of careers within iron and steel related industries. In additon, the AIST Foundation awards internships to showcase the technological scale, sophistication and employment opportunities available in the steel industry.

    Expenses $420,386 · Grants $389,000

  • Foundation Scholarship Member Chapter Programs - The AIST Foundation awards academic scholarships on an annual basis to talented and dedicated students on a regional member chapter level.

    Expenses $81,051 · Grants $75,000

  • Expenses $213,116 · Grants $68,147

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Theodore F Lyon

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ronald E Ashburn

    Executive Director/Secreta

    Total calculated
    $790,684
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $743,366
    Other
    $47,318
    Hours/week
    10

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $459,217 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $284,149 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,191 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,127 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $790,684 related

  • Joseph T Dzierzawski

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry G Fedor II

    President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Glenn A Pushis

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark R Olson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark L Fedor

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James F Dudek

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer J Durbin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles E Greene

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew S Bissot

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin E Kowing

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee P Morgan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Russell

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Didiano

    GM - Administration

    Total calculated
    $397,402
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $353,055
    Other
    $44,347
    Hours/week
    10

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $236,538 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $116,517 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,515 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,832 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $397,402 related

  • William L Patterson

    Manager Information Techno

    Total calculated
    $193,323
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $164,283
    Other
    $29,040
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $128,846 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $35,437 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,143 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,897 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $193,323 related

  • Brian Bliss

    GM - Programs and Publicat

    Total calculated
    $316,509
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $271,900
    Other
    $44,609
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $181,615 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $90,285 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,752 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,857 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $316,509 related

  • Stacy Varmecky

    GM - Sales and Marketing

    Total calculated
    $331,420
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $298,796
    Other
    $32,624
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $199,616 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $99,180 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,066 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,558 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $331,420 related

  • Kenneth Landau

    Staff Engineer

    Total calculated
    $153,853
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $128,180
    Other
    $25,673
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $104,885 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $23,295 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,254 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,419 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $153,853 related

  • Anna Voss

    Manager Technology Program

    Total calculated
    $168,103
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $145,009
    Other
    $23,094
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $114,807 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,202 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,419 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,675 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $168,103 related

  • Catherine Davidson

    Manager Sales

    Total calculated
    $152,010
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $128,459
    Other
    $23,551
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $101,538 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $26,921 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,231 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,320 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $152,010 related

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $834,646
    Expenses
    $1,210,892
    Contributions
    $413,123
    Grants paid
    $837,835
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,348,024
    Expenses
    $1,070,204
    Contributions
    $2,088,000
    Grants paid
    $748,542

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
    $1,240,343
    Expenses
    $808,653
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,066,705

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $660,575
    Expenses
    $831,249
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,313,736

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,954,922
    Expenses
    $744,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,863,737

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $439,035
    Expenses
    $739,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,625,219

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $973,123
    Expenses
    $556,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,591,011

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $126,275
    Expenses
    $632,996
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,889,052

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $457,331
    Expenses
    $521,013
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,517,839

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,416,790
    Expenses
    $552,577
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,199,559

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,108,400
    Expenses
    $401,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,919,122

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $357,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,720,701

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 2023 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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.