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US nonprofit · EIN 042392373 · New York, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 042392373) - 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.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.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.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

American Vacuum Society Incorporated's network

11 peoplei11 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

11 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.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 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ashleigh E BaberDirector2023
3 yrs
Bridget RogersPresident-Elect2024
2 yrs
Caitlin HowellDirector2024
2 yrs
David P Adams (also filed as David Adams)President2020
6 yrs
David SurmanClerk2021
5 yrs
Erica A DouglasDirector2023
3 yrs
Gregory J ExarhosTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Michael D WilliamsImmediate Past-President2022
4 yrs
R Mohan SankaranDirector2023
3 yrs
Robert K GrubbsDirector2023
3 yrs
Virginia WheelerDirector2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 11 →

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Angela KlinkDirector of Events/Marketing2024
Della J MillerMKTG Communications MGRsince 2022
Jeannette DegennaroExhibit/Sales MGRsince 2019
Keith MitchellIt/Web Adminsince 2019
Yvonne TowseManaging Directorsince 2019

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
Yvonne TowseChief Operating Officer40$328k$68k
Della J MillerMKTG Communications MGR40$199k$62k
Jeannette DegennaroExhibit and Sales Manager40$166k$38k
Keith MitchellIt/Web Admin40$153k$78k
Angela KlinkDirector of Events/Marketing40$113k$53k
R Mohan SankaranDirector1$7k
Caitlin HowellDirector1$3k
Robert K GrubbsDirector1$1k
David P AdamsPresident1$0
Bridget RogersPresident-Elect1$0
Michael D WilliamsImmediate Past-President1$0
David SurmanClerk1$0
Gregory J ExarhosTreasurer1$0
Ashleigh E BaberDirector1$0
Erica A DouglasDirector1$0
Virginia WheelerDirector1$0

Colorado roster

10 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253026107). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Tim GessertExecutive Committee
Rosine RibelinExecutive Committee
Michael SimmonsExecutive Committee
Neil PeacockExecutive Committee
Nick BedfordExecutive Committee
Matt WeimerChair Elect
Jing ZhouExecutive Committee
Steve HarveyChair
Lorelle MansfieldSecretary
Andrew Cavanagh

About

Legal name
American Vacuum Society Incorporated
EIN
042392373
Address
125 Maiden Lane 15th FL, New York, NY, 10038-5096
State
New York
Mission
Promote use of vacuum environments for betterment of society (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
U99Z Science and technology research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Science & Technology
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1961
Principal officer
David Adams (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 1967
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsGregory J Exarhos
≥6years on the filingsDavid P Adams
≥5years on the filingsDavid Surman
≥4years on the filingsMichael D Williams

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
$18.2m
Total liabilities
$2.5m
Net assets or fund balances
$15.7m
Contributions and grants received
$126k
Program service revenue
$5.5m
Employees
15
Volunteers
500

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$6.2m$7mDeficit $808k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
American Vacuum Society Incorporated likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Foreign Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
5 June 2002
Registered agent
Not stated