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Nonprofit · EIN 23-7316359

INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION

Tax-exempt · EAST LANSING, MI 48823

Financials

$2.6M$2.8M2023$2.7M$3M2024$3.1M$3M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$3,075,899$3,029,797$46,102$3,157,818$1,003,194$2,154,624
December 31, 2024990$2,728,929$2,992,509-$263,580$3,275,734$1,167,212$2,108,522
December 31, 2023990$2,615,376$2,767,261-$151,885$3,580,448$1,230,197$2,350,251
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$3,015,075
Investment income
$43,474
Other revenue
$17,350

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$630,790
Other salaries and wages
$295,162
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,024,564
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$375
Accounting fees
$32,760
Occupancy
$186,708
Travel
$50,860
Depreciation
$1,266
Program services (functional)
$3,029,797

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,275,734
Total assets, end of year
$3,157,818
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,003,194
Net assets, end of year
$2,154,624
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,226,121
Net assets with donor restrictions
$928,503
Gross unrelated business income
$17,350
Gross receipts
$3,075,899
Employees
8
Volunteers
90
Year formed
1973
State of legal domicile
DE

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ANDREW J GRUBERISTA PRESIDENT
Officer
40$194,154$5,825
ERIC HISERVP OF STANDARDS & CERTIFICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$151,598$4,548
BRIAN OBANIONVP OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Highest-paid employee
40$145,406$4,368
MATTHEW THOMPSONVP PROGRAM & MARKET DEV
Highest-paid employee
40$139,632$4,189
NORA CRIVELLOCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0$0
RODNEY PRATERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0$0
JONGKYOUNG KIMASIA PACIFIC DIVISION BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
EARL LEE JRCERTIFICATION COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
LU BINGLINCHINA DIVISION BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
ED CHURCHDIRECTOR EMERITUS
Trustee or director
0$0$0
DWIGHT SCHMIDTDIRECTOR EMERITUS
Trustee or director
0$0$0
GREG BATTEDUCATION COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
ALBERTO TELLECHEAEUROPEAN DIVISION BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
WILLIAM GREENIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
MICHAEL PAGELRESEARCH COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
9 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
DAMON LUCENTASTANDARDS COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0
KYLE DUNNODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
KAREN GREENEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
ERIC JONESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
LISA MOHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
ANTHONY RIZZODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
REBECCA SPAINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
JIM THOMSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
CRAIG VERMEYENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 24 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ANDREW J GRUBERISTA PRESIDENT
Officer
40$214,247$6,428
ERIC HISERVP OF STANDARDS & CERTIFICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$157,264$4,718
BRIAN OBANIONVP OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Highest-paid employee
40$148,095$4,237
MATTHEW THOMPSONVP PROGRAM & MARKET DEV
Highest-paid employee
40$144,854$4,069
NORA CRIVELLOCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0$0
RODNEY PRATERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0$0
JONGKYOUNG KIMASIA PACIFIC DIVISION BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
EARL LEE JRCERTIFICATION COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
LU BINGLINCHINA DIVISION BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
ED CHURCHDIRECTOR EMERITUS
Trustee or director
0$0$0
DWIGHT SCHMIDTDIRECTOR EMERITUS
Trustee or director
0$0$0
GREG BATTEDUCATION COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
ALBERTO TELLECHEAEUROPEAN DIVISION BOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
WILLIAM GREENIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
MICHAEL PAGELRESEARCH COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
DAMON LUCENTASTANDARDS COUNCIL CHAIR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
KYLE DUNNODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
KAREN GREENEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
ERIC JONESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
LISA MOHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
ANTHONY RIZZODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
REBECCA SPAINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
JIM THOMSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
CRAIG VERMEYENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 25 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ANDREW J GRUBERPRESIDENT & CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$194,979$14,000
ERIC HISERVP OF STANDARDS & CERTIFICATION
Highest-paid employee
40$151,373$12,500
BRIAN O'BANIONVP OF RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Highest-paid employee
40$143,488$11,093
MATTHEW THOMPSONVP OF PROGRAM & MARKET DEV
Highest-paid employee
40$139,427$3,939
EARL LEE JRCHAIR-CERTIFICATION COUNCI
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
BINGLIN LUCHAIR-CHINA DIV
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
KYLE DUNNOMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
KAREN GREENEVP CLIENT SOLUTIONS
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
DAMON LUCENTAMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
JONGKYOUNG KIMCHAIR-ASIA PACIFIC DIV
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
ED CHURCHDIRECTOR EMERITUS
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
DWIGHT SCHMIDTDIRECTOR EMERITUS
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
RODNEY PRATERMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
JONATHAN QUINNMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
MICHAEL PAGELMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
JILL MARTINMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
NORA CRIVELLOVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
ERIC JONESONMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
ALBERTO TELLECHEAMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
ANTHONY RIZZOMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
REBECCA SPAINMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
ERICH STEINERMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
JIM THOMSONMEMBER-AT-LARGE
Trustee or director
0.25$0$0
WILLIAM GREENCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
GREG BATTIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1400 ABBOT RD STE 380, EAST LANSING, MI 48823-1221
In care of
% ANDREW J GRUBER
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
ANDREW J GRUBER, 1400 ABBOTT RD Ste 380, EAST LANSING, MI 48823
Signed the 990
ANDREW J GRUBER, PRESIDENT & CEO
Phone
(517) 333-3437
Return prepared by
The ALG Group

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE REDUCTION OF TRANSIT DAMAGE THROUGH A STANDARDIZED PROGRAM OF PRESHIPMENT TESTING, CERTIFICATION, AND IDENTIFICATION, AND TO PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR ALL GROUPS WHO TRANSPORT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS THAT COLLABORATION WILL REDUCE TRANSIT DAMAGE

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION HELPED ITS MEMBERS TO CONTROL COSTS, DAMAGE AND RESOURCES DURING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PACKAGED-PRODUCTS BY CREATING AND PUBLISHING PACKAGED PRODUCT TEST PROCEDURES; CERIFYING PACKAGING LABORATORIES; PACKAGED-PRODUCTS AND PROFESSIONALS; AND PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT THROUGH PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS.
    Expenses $3,029,797

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
23-7316359
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
1974
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$3,157,818
Income (IRS master file)
$3,075,899

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$3,075,899$3,029,797$3,157,818IRS
990December 2024$2,728,929$2,992,509$3,275,734XML
990December 2023$2,615,376$2,767,261$3,580,448XML
990December 2022$2,410,019$2,446,602$3,504,544IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7316359).

Questions about INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION

What is the EIN of INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION is 23-7316359.
Is INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1974.
Are donations to INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ANDREW J GRUBER.
Who are the officers and directors of INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 24 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $194,154 (ANDREW J GRUBER, ISTA PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,075,899, expenses of $3,029,797 and total assets of $3,157,818 at year end.

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