County Road Association Education

Private foundation Lansing, MI EIN: 82-2668073

County Road Association Education is a private foundation, based in Lansing, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $685K in total assets. In 2025, it made $279K in qualifying distributions.

County Road Association Education at a glance

Total assets
$685,256
+3.0% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$579,565
-0.6% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$279,089
-47.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$609,253
+11.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesQualifying DistributionsNet Investment Income
2025$685,256$579,565$609,253$279,089—
2024$665,415$582,813$545,080$535,000—
2023$497,410$530,023$559,446——
2022$308,782$452,791$350,958—$31
2021$201,101$76,083$228,590—$71
2020$125,668$318,120$339,127—$32
2019$53,196$364,172$342,241—$14

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

County Road Association Education is led by Denise Donohue, CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 3 of 19 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Denise Donohue

    CEO

    Executive Di → Deputy Director, 2021

    Deputy Director → CEO, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    $20K (2024) → $21K (2025)

  • Dirk Heckman

    Vice President & President

    Director → Vice President & President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hanna Christensen

    Director of Finance & Administration

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    $10K (2024) → $8K (2025)

  • Dennis G. Kolar

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Douglas J. Mills

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry Heim

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry W. Brown

    Past President & Director

    Vice President → President, 2022

    President → Past President & Director, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Petteresch

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gerald J. Byrne

    Director & Vice President

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Williams

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert L. Lindbeck

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert W. Laitinen

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Merillat

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Steffen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Johnston

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kirk Harrier

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Donnellon

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ediberto Noyola

    Chief Deputy Director

    Deputy Director → Chief Deputy Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    $8K (2024) → $7K (2025)

  • Burt R. Thompson

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Secretary → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (19)
  • Former: Joanna Johnson (2019–2025) — Director · Filing note: Ended 10/2024
  • Former: John Hunt (2019–2025) — Director · Filing note: Ended 2/2025
  • Former: Mark Christensen (2020–2025) — President & Past President · Filing note: Ended 325
  • Former: Randy Dellaposta (2024–2025) — Director · Filing note: Ended 325
  • Former: Bradley Lamberg (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Dave Pettersch (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jim Iwanicki (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Steven Warren (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Fred Peivandi (2020–2023) — Past President
  • Former: Scott Wanagat (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Rob Laitinen (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Michael Maloney (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Richard Timmer (2019–2021) — Past President
  • Former: Douglas Robidoux (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Joyce Whisenant (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Larry Young (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Walter Schell (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Ken Harris (2020) — Director
  • Former: Larry Orcutt (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Denise Donohue — CEO: $21KDenise DonohueCEO$21KHanna Christensen — Director of Finance & Administration: $8KHanna ChristensenDirector of Finance &…$8KEdiberto Noyola — Chief Deputy Director: $7KEdiberto NoyolaChief Deputy Director$7K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $21K, to Denise Donohue (CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about County Road Association Education

How large is County Road Association Education?

County Road Association Education reported $685K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $580K.

What is County Road Association Education's EIN?

County Road Association Education's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 82-2668073. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 17, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 2, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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