Apolan Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462379121
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
St Louis Park, MN, USA
Phone
7632534346
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,903
Expenses
$84,580
Assets
$157,329
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN LEOS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • ALAN BERTSCH (DIRECTOR)
  • CHAD HINES (DIRECTOR)
  • GAYLA ARRINDELL (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Association for passive optical lan, inc. (the "corporation") was formed under Delaware law as a non-stock membership corporation. Its general purposes are to promote the global adoption of passive optical networks ("pon")for the local area network ("lan")by collecting and disseminating information relative to the industry, coalition forming and public relations activity.membership is limited to individuals and businesses engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, sale and installation of pons or are otherwise supportive of the implementation of such networks.

What it reported doing in 2025

Encouraging the development of pon user groups so that the industry can obtain feedback regarding the use of pons in varous environments. Hosting a website that serves as an information portal of industry. Website content includes pon research and analysis as well as white papers and other articles on industry related topics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.