Piston Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$452k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$485k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$99k
$14k liabilities
Net assets
$85k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
1.9y av
Staff
15
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
8
named in Part VII
Piston Foundation Inc's network
4 people2 organisationsi4 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (2) 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
4 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 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 4 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Greene | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Cliff Fink | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Matt Peckham | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Mayo Smith | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Greene | Director | 2024 |
| Cliff Fink | Director | 2024 |
| Jeff Mason | Company secretary | since 2021 |
| Jerry Charlup | Treasurer | since 2024 |
| Linda Zukauskas | Treasurer | 2021 |
| Matt Peckham | Director | 2024 |
| Mayo Smith | Director | 2024 |
| Robert Minnick | President | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Mason | President & COO | 40 | $70k | ||
| Mayo Smith | Director | 10 | $0 | ||
| Cliff Fink | Director | 10 | $0 | ||
| Alex Greene | Director | 10 | $0 | ||
| Matt Peckham | Director | 10 | $0 | ||
| Robert Minnick | Chairman | 40 | $0 | ||
| Jerry Charlup | Treasurer | 15 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Piston Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 854373512
- Address
- Po Box 8179, Stamford, CT, 06905-8179
- State
- Connecticut
- Mission
- Funding skilled trade education for students & technicians who want to pursue a career in the collector car industry. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B82 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2021
- Principal officer
- Jerry Charlup (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2021
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥3years on the filingsMayo Smith
≥1years on the filingsAlex Greene
≥1years on the filingsCliff Fink
≥1years on the filingsMatt Peckham
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $99k
- Total liabilities
- $14k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $85k
- Contributions and grants received
- $439k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $68k
- Employees
- 15
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $259k | $309k | Deficit $50k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.