Iowa Propane Gas Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363059484
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5155641260
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $661,059
- Expenses
- $558,500
- Assets
- $1,446,855
- Liabilities
- $74,615
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELLE BROWN (CEO)
- KANE KUEHL (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHELLE BROWN (CEO): $104,885 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Promotion and development of the liquified petroleum gas industry within the state of Iowa and the coordination of its activities to the end that it may serve to the fullest possible extent the best interests of its members and the public; advancement to the highest efficiency of the methods of distribution, utilization, safety, sales and accounting employed in the liquified petroleum industry; representation before governmental bureaus, agencies and other bodies on matters of safety and of general interest to the public, members, and the liquified petroleum gas industry; cooperation with the national lp-gas association and the extension of its functions and purposes on a local and state basis; cooperation with other organizations in efforts toward economic advancement, improved safety measures, standardization and other activities.
What it reported doing in 2025
To promote and develop the propane gas industry in Iowa, and to increase its effectiveness, efficiency, knowledge and safety. 140 members served. Working with Iowa propane education and research council, the association offers several programs including rebates for the replacement of regulators, installation of high efficiency propane furnaces/boilers and propane water heaters, facilitates safety education and training for propane gas, and provides public safety messages and newsletters to educate the industry and promote propane gas safety.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.59; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.