Self Storage Association INC FY2020 filing

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Alexandria, VA501(c)(6)Since 1975EIN 71-0552035Revenue $4.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRSselfstorage.org1001 N Fairfax St Ste 505, 22314-1892 · Alexandria, VATax-exempt since May 1976

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The Association represents the interest of owners, operators, and suppliers in the Self Storage industry.

$1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $855K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 30% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 30% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
19 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.0M
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.8M
Spent
$4.4M
Net assets
$5.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$6.9M
FY2022$9.2M
FY2023$10.5M
FY2024$11.5M
FY2025$11.7M
Expenses
$4.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$6.1M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$8.3M
FY2024$9.6M
FY2025$13.6M
Net assets
$5.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.4M
FY2021$6.2M
FY2022$7.5M
FY2023$10.2M
FY2024$12.9M
FY2025$12.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1976.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$376,758Pt VII · Sec A
General Counsel
$237,149Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance and Op
$186,000Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Staff
$143,790Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Staff
$135,640Pt VII · Sec A
$125,999Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Staff
$108,070Pt VII · Sec A
National Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tim Dietz$685,800$594,000$506,165$420,425$418,136$376,758
Joe Doherty$332,149$314,848$283,611$270,172$252,520$237,149
Derek Knights$255,468$245,665$219,467$202,739$196,876$186,000
Michael Blackett$185,594$178,472$169,974$157,822$150,292$143,790
Virginia Stengel$173,375$166,723$158,783$147,431$143,397$135,640
Katie Knaupe$166,561—————
Daniel Bryant$159,650$149,350$140,400$123,188$118,450$108,070
Julie M Larose—$150,539$143,370$130,266——

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Advocates for self-storage owners, operators, and suppliers.

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2 programs · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Meetings and Conferences

Self storage performs market research studies and advertising to enhance the image of self storage. It serves as a knowledge broker to its members via meetings and conferences

Pt IX · col B
02

Membership

Self storage association was formed to protect the interest of owners, operators and suppliers of the self storage inudstry through education, training, conventions and seminars

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $273K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$224,833

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$394K
Investment incomeLn 3$94K
Money outPt IX
$4.4M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$5.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.0M
Total assetsLn 16$7.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$94K
Other incomeLn 4–11$394K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$11K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$93K
SavingsLn 2$6.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47K
Other assetsLn 15$174K
Total assetsLn 16$7.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$5.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.5M$7.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$78K$47K
Total assetsLn 16$8.3M$7.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$5.0M$5.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$48K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$439K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$110K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$133K
Payroll taxesLn 10$120K
Legal feesLn 11b$155K
Accounting feesLn 11c$26K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$385K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$456K
Office expensesLn 13$227K
Information technologyLn 14$60K
OccupancyLn 16$194K
TravelLn 17$33K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$60K
InsuranceLn 23$33K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$413K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $11.7M$13.6M−$1.9M$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $11.5M$9.6M$1.8M$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.5M$8.3M$2.1M$10.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.2M$7.4M$1.8M$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.9M$6.1M$847K$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $4.8M$4.4M$372K$5.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,817,662 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,970,249$4,329,613
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $95,063$93,705
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$394,344
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,065,312$4,817,662
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$48,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,014,804$2,351,297
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,673,059$2,046,575
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,687,863$4,445,872
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,377,449$371,790
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,817,662 across 5 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,329,613$4,329,613
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $105,188$105,188
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$11,483−$11,483
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $394,344$394,344
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,723,957 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $93,705$4,817,662
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,445,872 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$48,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$438,646
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,549,729
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$110,431
IX-9 Other employee benefits$132,975
IX-10 Payroll taxes$119,516
IX-11b Legal fees$154,852
IX-11c Accounting fees$25,966
IX-11g Other fees for services$384,989
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$455,922
IX-13 Office expenses$226,988
IX-14 Information technology$59,663
IX-16 Occupancy$194,371
IX-17 Travel$32,667
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$3,097
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$2,693
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$59,866
IX-23 Insurance$32,575
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$412,926
IX-25 Total functional expenses$4,445,872
Part X · Balance sheet $7,367,731 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $736,220$93,438
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,737,204$6,882,659
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $349,981$43,454
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $31,153$70,809
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $109,782$49,327
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $78,370$46,872
X-14 Intangible assets$7,500
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $208,486$173,672
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,251,196$7,367,731
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $345,079$381,977
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,719,205$1,027,457
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $204,459$585,983
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,268,743$2,013,488
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,968,074$5,349,870
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $14,379$4,373
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,982,453$5,354,243
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,251,196$7,367,731
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,354,243 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,817,662
XI-2 Total expenses$4,445,872
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$371,790
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,982,453
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,354,243

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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