Public Charity

NORTH AMERICAN CAR OF THE YEAR CORPORATION

NORTH AMERICAN CAR OF THE YEAR CORPORATION, of LANSING, MI, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $207K in revenue, $265K in expenses, $174K in total assets. 2 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $40K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 813797373 LANSING, MI Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$207K
Total Expenses$265K
Total Assets$174K
Grant Records2
Funding Total$40K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE THE BUYING PUBLIC WITH AN INFORMED CONSENSUS OPINION, CONGREGATED FROM 50 OR MORE JOURNALISTS FROM THE TOP AUTOMOTIVE PUBLICATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, TO HELP CONSUMERS MAKE WISE BUYING DECISIONS FOR THE NEWEST CAR, TRUCK, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE RELEASED EACH YEAR.

Where $100 goes at North American Car of the Year Corporation

How North American Car of the Year Corporation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $100 for programs

$50
The objective is to help buyers determine which are the best new car, truck and sport utility vehicle of each year
50% of program spending
$50
Grow the reach of our awards so more buyers will know to trust the results and make buying decisions based on them
50% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT Jeff Gilbert
SECRETARY Jill Ciminillo
TREASURER John Vincent
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Mark Phelan
VICE PRESIDENT Nicole Wakelin

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$40,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $207K $265K $174K
2024 $193K $156K $233K
2023 $193K $202K $196K
2022 $156K $224K $205K
2021 $158K $126K $273K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $158K to $207K (+32%), with total assets most recently reported at $174K.

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