Nonprofit · EIN 41-0838935
MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · ZIMMERMAN, MN 55398
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,921,112 | $1,876,313 | $44,799 | $1,426,323 | $62,049 | $1,364,274 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,142,763 | $2,139,906 | $2,857 | $1,401,959 | $82,484 | $1,319,475 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $2,697,514 | $2,696,246 | $1,268 | $1,519,335 | $202,717 | $1,316,618 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,321,624
- Program service revenue
- $595,655
- Investment income
- -$548
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$16,365
- Net income from sales of inventory
- -$1,444
- Other revenue
- $4,381
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $9,955
- Occupancy
- $21,827
- Travel
- $16,819
- Depreciation
- $69,608
- Program services (functional)
- $1,539,162
- Management and general (functional)
- $337,151
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,401,959
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,426,323
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $62,049
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,364,274
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $774,994
- Gross unrelated business income
- $13,636
- Gross receipts
- $1,991,630
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 100
- Year formed
- 1948
- State of legal domicile
- MN
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHANIE TUMAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MARLA VERLINDE | Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TONY BUCK | President Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| DAVE WAGER | Exec. Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DOUG LUND | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MAREN JUNTTI | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TRAVIS SMITH | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAT BLETH | 2nd VP Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JIM JUNG | State Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HENNEN | District Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| HOWARD REINHARD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JASON AHO | MNPEPSC Pres. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROB WINTER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TREVOR BEAUDRY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN MCMAHON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF HEAD | 1st VP Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KENTON SONNENBURG | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| AUSTIN SINCLAIR | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARLA VERLINDE | President Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| TONY BUCK | 1st Vice Pres. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE WAGER | Exec. Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DOUG LUND | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MAREN JUNTTI | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TRAVIS SMITH | MNPEPSC Pres. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PAT BLETH | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JIM JUNG | State Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HENNEN | District Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| HOWARD REINHARD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MIKE HOLY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ROB WINTER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TREVOR BEAUDRY | Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN MCMAHON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF HEAD | 2nd Vice Pres. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE GORDER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| AUSTIN SINCLAIR | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATT CAPELLE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARLA VERLINDE | 1st Vice Pres. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TONY BUCK | 2ndector Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVE WAGER | Exec. Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DOUG LUND | Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MAREN JUNTTI | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PAT BLETH | MNPEPSC Pres. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BRAD BOX | State Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JIM JUNG | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE HENNEN | District Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| HOWARD REINHARD | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DEAN EKLUND | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KENTON SONNENBURG | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TREVOR BEAUDRY | President Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| JOHN MCMAHON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF HEAD | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TIM WAHL | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE GORDER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MILT SWENSON | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| AUSTIN SINCLAIR | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 12475 273RD AVE NW, ZIMMERMAN, MN 55398-8898
- In care of
- % DAVE WAGER
- Signed the 990
- DAVE WAGER, Exec. Director
- Phone
- (763) 633-4271
- Website
- discoverpropanemn.com
- Return prepared by
- HOHLEN CPA LTD
Mission
Seek ways to promote propane to the public as a fuel of choice; provide training and safety material to propane industry; promote safe practices to propane consumers; monitor regulatory and legislative initiatives effecting the propane industry.
Program accomplishments
- Education: Increases the knowledge and understanding of the safe and proper utilization of propane in the propane industry and among consumers with emphasis on transportation, installation and consumer use of propane and propane equipment by creating, organizing and sponsoring a variety of technical and regulatory programs.
- Government affairs: Protect the general well-being of the energy consuming public by working with state legislative and regulatory officials to institute legislative and regulatory requirements within the propane industry for the creation of safe and efficient operating systems.
- Information services: Relevant information is distributed to the various entities of the propane industry. Produces a bi-weekly news brief email and maintains a web site to enhance the coordination and timeliness of communications with its members and others associated with the propane industry. Provides information to the general public through informational and promotional materials and another web site maintained by the Association on the benefits and safe handling of propane and propane products.
- General: Provides the industry with a forum for issue discussion, program generation and policy formation relevant to propane operations within the State of Minnesota.
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 41-0838935
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1961
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,426,323
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,991,630
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,921,112 | $1,876,313 | $1,426,323 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $2,142,763 | $2,139,906 | $1,401,959 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $2,697,514 | $2,696,246 | $1,519,335 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,664,231 | $1,689,288 | $1,583,838 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 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 41-0838935).
Questions about MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION is 41-0838935.
- Is MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1961.
- Are donations to MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does MINNESOTA PROPANE 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 MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 18 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does MINNESOTA PROPANE ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,921,112, expenses of $1,876,313 and total assets of $1,426,323 at year end.
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