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US nonprofit · EIN 010655841 · Cpe Canaveral, FLiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 010655841) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2013.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation Inc's network

17 people10 organisationsi17 people and 10 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (17). Violet dotted lines (10) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

17 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 22 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 17 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Barry CompagnoniDirector2022
4 yrs
Bev MerrifieldDirector2022
4 yrs
Chris EckerDirector2022
4 yrs
Dixie SansomDirector2022
4 yrs
Ed WilsonDirector2022
4 yrs
George EustisDirector2022
4 yrs
James UnderwoodOfficer2022
4 yrs
Jeanna MerrifieldDirector2022
4 yrs
Karen ArbuckleDirector2022
4 yrs
Lisa WilsonDirector2022
4 yrs
Mary Anne MooreDirector2022
4 yrs
Nancy GarwoodDirector2022
4 yrs
Patricia LautnerDirector2022
4 yrs
R Norman WoodyDirector2022
4 yrs
Rocky JohnsonDirector2022
4 yrs
Shane SmithDirector2022
4 yrs
Sharon CrockettDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 17 →

Officers and senior leadership

9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Brendan McMillinTreasurersince 2019
Cheryl BennettCompany secretarysince 2022
Ecker RonaldVice President2020
James UnderwoodPresidentsince 2018
Larry OstarlyVice Presidentsince 2019
Rocky JohnsonPresident2018
Ronald EckerPresidentsince 2022
Shane SmithVice Presidentsince 2018
Todd McDowell2nd Vice Presidentsince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
James UnderwoodDirector2$0
Sharon CrockettDirector1$0
Chris EckerDirector2$0
George EustisDirector1$0
Nancy GarwoodDirector1$0
Rocky JohnsonDirector1$0
Patricia LautnerDirector1$0
Jeanna MerrifieldDirector2$0
R Norman WoodyDirector0.5$0
Mary Anne MooreDirector0.5$0
Dixie SansomDirector0.5$0
Ed WilsonDirector0.5$0
Lisa WilsonDirector0.5$0
Larry OstarlyPast President2$0
Ronald EckerPresident10$0
Todd McDowell2nd Vice President2$0
Shane Smith1st Vice President0.5$0
Jim PassarelliTreasurer5$0
Janet AbtSecretary4$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation Inc
EIN
010655841
Address
Po Box 1978, Cpe Canaveral, FL, 32920-1978
State
Florida
Mission
Established to preserve the history, provide needed maintenance, and provide education on the historic significance of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse including the construction of cottages to house historic and educational information. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A80 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2002
Principal officer
Ronald Ecker (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2002
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsSharon Crockett
≥4years on the filingsBarry Compagnoni
≥4years on the filingsBev Merrifield
≥4years on the filingsChris Ecker

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.2m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$1.2m
Contributions and grants received
$114k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
172