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501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
$2.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
The IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $173K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.3M
to officers and key staff · 40% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 40% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
0.5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
0.5 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$3.9M
68% of total assets
Liabilities are 68% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
15 of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$5.0M
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$5.8M
Net assets
$1.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.0M
FY2024▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.5M
FY2021$4.4M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$5.4M
FY2024$5.0M
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2024▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.8M
Net assets
$1.9M
FY2024▼ -29%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$1.9M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1967.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

24 people listed on the 990; $2.3M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
EVP, Government Affairs
$692,452Pt VII · Sec A
President
$330,091Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Policy Advisor
$257,198Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Director, Govt Affairs
$234,478Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Membership
$227,605Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Operations
$212,525Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Public Affairs
$179,369Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Branding & Marketing
$174,313Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David Fialkov$692,452$585,668$435,120$352,906$377,007
Lisa Mullings$330,091$335,339$338,412$243,165$245,028
Jessica Frend$257,198$247,998$200,478$117,825—
Darren Schutle$227,605$219,711$204,418$199,938$238,268
Leeann Goheen$234,478$193,262$137,028——
Christine Schoessler$212,525$205,882$156,314$185,893$148,730
Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman$179,369$183,626$167,578$134,962$119,394
Andrew J Evans$174,313$175,369———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for truckstop and travel plaza members, providing solutions and advancing industry policy goals.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Advocacy

Works to advocate on behalf of the travel center and truckstop industry, monitoring regulations and legislation to assess the effect on natso members. Advances the industry's interests by influencing government action and public opinion on highway issues such as commercialization, tolling and truck parking and represents the industry on…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-0791433) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
02

Membership Dues Offers Three Types of Membership

TRUCKSTOP/TRAVEL center, TRUCKSTOP/TRAVEL center associate and allied. Provides members a variety of benefits, such as discounted credit card processing, access to natso's publications and government affairs representation.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-0791433) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
03

Knowledge

Provides access to knowledge resources to help members make good business decisions. Delivers the latest content to members on trends and news affecting the industry through in person and distance learning opportunities and its annual convention.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-0791433) · Dispute this line
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$199K
Investment incomeLn 3$111K
Money outPt IX
$5.8M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$1.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$254K
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$199K
Government grantsLn 1e$199K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$111K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$288
Total revenueLn 12$5.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$254K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$254K
Accounts receivableLn 4$809K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$136K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$224K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.2M
Other assetsLn 15$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.9M
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$862K$254K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.2M$3.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$80K$224K
Total assetsLn 16$5.3M$5.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M$3.9M
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$1.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$1.4M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$94K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$127K
Payroll taxesLn 10$193K
Legal feesLn 11b$44K
Accounting feesLn 11c$268K
Investment management feesLn 11f$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$467K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$177K
Office expensesLn 13$128K
Information technologyLn 14$226K
OccupancyLn 16$149K
TravelLn 17$181K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$560K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$54K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$340K
All other expensesLn 24e$24K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 1, 2025 $5.0M$5.8M−$859K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $5.4M$4.8M$566K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2023 $4.8M$4.8M$26K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 3, 2022 $4.4M$3.9M$438K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 12, 2021 $4.5M$3.8M$695K$1.9M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $4,970,362 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$198,813
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,193,272$4,634,292
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $156,760$111,147
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$26,110
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,350,032$4,970,362
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,489,570$3,203,440
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,294,646$2,625,801
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,784,216$5,829,241
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $565,816−$858,879
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,970,362 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $35,850 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$198,813
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$198,813
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,125,692 · Unrelated business $472,750$4,598,442
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $111,435$111,435
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$288−$288
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $26,110$26,110
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,161,542 · Unrelated business $498,860 · Excluded from tax $111,147$4,970,362
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,829,241 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)$1,377,808
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,412,309
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$93,589
IX-9 Other employee benefits$126,596
IX-10 Payroll taxes$193,138
IX-11b Legal fees$43,537
IX-11c Accounting fees$267,612
IX-11f Investment management fees$7,464
IX-11g Other fees for services$467,239
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$177,345
IX-13 Office expenses$127,917
IX-14 Information technology$226,103
IX-16 Occupancy$149,432
IX-17 Travel$181,300
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$560,152
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$53,874
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$339,944
IX-24e All other expenses$23,882
IX-25 Total functional expenses$5,829,241
Part X · Balance sheet $5,790,993 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $861,575$253,715
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $535,984$808,621
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $54,399$136,478
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $80,016$224,340
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,172,389$3,183,964
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $582,882$1,183,875
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,287,245$5,790,993
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $815,903$1,043,687
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,762,929$1,786,969
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $94,712$1,094,560
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,673,544$3,925,216
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,406,835$1,727,635
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $206,866$138,142
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,613,701$1,865,777
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,287,245$5,790,993
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,865,777 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,970,362
XI-2 Total expenses$5,829,241
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$858,879
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,613,701
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$132,893
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$21,938
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,865,777

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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