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PREPASS SAFETY ALLIANCE

PHOENIX, AZ · EIN 860730202 · Form 990 · FY2021 · NTEE U40E · Science & Technology · Very Large (>$50M) · www.prepassalliance.org
revenue
$174.4M
expenses
$104.2M
net assets
$29.0M
employees
19
volunteers
48
program ratio
88%
mission · from form 990

DEVELOP AND DEPLOY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS TO CREATE A COOPERATIVE OPERATING AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IMPROVES THE EFFICIENT AND SAFE MOVEMENT OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF HIGHWAY SYSTEMS.

profile · synthesized from sources

PrePass Safety Alliance is a non-profit public-private partnership operating across North America that provides weigh station bypass technology and toll management services to commercial motor carriers. The organization partners with state transportation agencies and trucking industry leaders to deploy RFID transponders and mobile apps that enable compliant vehicles to bypass inspection facilities at highway speeds. Founded in the late 1980s as the Crescent Project, the Alliance reinvests profits into infrastructure improvements while reducing emissions and traffic congestion.

named programs · 10 · from sources

what they call their work

ALERTS driver safety notifications
Provides truck drivers with roadway safety notifications and alerts
ALERTS™ Driver Safety Notifications
Provides real-time roadway safety alerts to truck drivers to improve situational awareness and safety
Dispute Research and Reconciliation
Service that researches, disputes, and reconciles erroneous or fraudulent toll charges on behalf of customers
Dispute research and reconciliation
Researches and resolves erroneous or fraudulent toll charges on behalf of carriers
INFORM safety software
Supplies fleet operators with insights into factors impacting their Inspection Selection System (ISS) score
INFORM™ Safety Software
Provides fleet operators with insights into their Inspection Selection System (ISS) scores and factors affecting safety compliance
PrePass Plus Toll Management
Electronic toll payment system that allows carriers to pay tolls seamlessly across multiple tolling authorities using a single device
PrePass Plus toll management system
Electronic toll payment service that allows carriers to pay tolls without stopping at toll plazas using a single device
PrePass Weigh Station Bypass
Enables qualified commercial vehicles to bypass weigh stations and inspection sites using RFID transponders or mobile app technology based on safety and compliance data
PrePass e-screening and weigh station bypass
RFID transponder and mobile app technology that allows compliant commercial vehicles to bypass weigh stations and inspection facilities at highway speeds
activities · 6 clusters

what they do

  • ITS Infrastructure Deployment & Maintenance 7 activities
    • Deploy and maintain ITS infrastructure at no cost to states
      Deploys and maintains Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure, including weigh station bypass technology, at no cost to state agencies, supporting highway safety and efficiency.
    • Deploy and maintain Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure
      Deploys and maintains ITS infrastructure—including weigh station bypass and tolling technologies—at no cost to state agencies, supporting highway safety and efficiency goals through long-term public-private partnership.
    • Deploy mobile app-based weigh station bypass technology
      Operates the PrePass Mobile App, deployed in multiple jurisdictions including Maine and Vermont, allowing commercial drivers to receive bypass notifications via mobile devices. Each successful bypass saves up to 7 minutes, 0.5 gallons of fuel, and $11.75 in operating costs.
    • Invest in and maintain ITS infrastructure
      Deploys and maintains Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure, including weigh station technology, at no cost to state agencies. Has invested over $1 billion in deploying and maintaining safety, efficiency, and infrastructure preservation services for commercial vehicles.
    • Investing in and Maintaining Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Infrastructure
      Invests in and provides Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure and ongoing maintenance at no cost to state agencies, supporting the deployment of safety and efficiency services for commercial vehicles.
    • Quantify and report environmental and economic benefits
      Tracks and reports aggregate environmental and economic impacts of bypass technology, including over 1 million metric tons of CO2e emissions avoided, 584 million gallons of fuel saved, and $12 billion in cost savings for fleets from 1997 through January 2026.
    • Quantify and report environmental and economic benefits
      Tracks and reports cumulative benefits of its services, including over 1 million metric tons of CO2e emissions avoided, 584 million gallons of fuel saved, $12 billion in cost savings, and 136 million driver hours saved from 1997 through January 2026.
  • Compliance Data Analytics for Carriers and Agencies 6 activities
    • Deliver INFORM Safety software for carrier safety performance
      Provides INFORM Safety software that enables commercial carriers to access and analyze inspection, violation, and bypass data to improve safety compliance and operational performance.
    • Developing and Providing Data Analytics Software for Compliance and Safety
      Provides specialized software tools like SafetySTAT and INFORM Safety to compliance agencies and carriers. SafetySTAT helps agencies identify safety trends and assess weigh station operations, while INFORM Safety allows carriers to analyze inspection, violation, and bypass data to improve safety performance. INFORM Tolling helps users monitor toll spending, manage violations, and prevent fraud.
    • Provide INFORM Safety software for carrier safety performance
      Offers INFORM Safety software that enables commercial carriers to access, analyze, and act on inspection, violation, and bypass data to improve safety performance and compliance.
    • Provide SafetySTAT analytics for compliance agencies
      Provides SafetySTAT, a software tool offered at no cost to partner agencies, enabling state law enforcement to access and analyze inspection, violation, bypass, and safety trend data to support decision-making and improve compliance operations.
    • Provide SafetySTAT analytics for compliance agencies
      Offers SafetySTAT, a software tool provided at no cost to partner agencies, enabling them to analyze inspection trends, monitor compliance, and assess weigh station operations through actionable data on bypass activity, citations, out-of-service orders, and crashes.
    • Provide safety analytics and data tools for enforcement agencies
      Provides SafetySTAT and other data analytics tools to state and provincial compliance agencies at no cost, enabling them to monitor inspection trends, citations, out-of-service orders, and safety performance. These tools present actionable data in an intuitive format to support enforcement decision-making and documentation.
  • Mobile-Based Weigh Station Bypass 6 activities
    • Develop and expand mobile app-based weigh station bypass
      Developed and deployed the PrePass Mobile App, enabling weigh station bypass via mobile technology in jurisdictions including Maine and Vermont, expanding service to at least 46 jurisdictions.
    • Launch mobile app-based bypass solutions
      Developed and deployed the PrePass Mobile App, expanding weigh station bypass capabilities to 46 jurisdictions, including specific enforcement locations in Maine and Vermont, improving accessibility and convenience for commercial drivers.
    • Operate weigh station bypass system across North America
      Operates a digital weigh station bypass system that allows pre-screened commercial vehicles to safely bypass inspection stations at over 586 locations across North America, reducing congestion and improving safety. The system has enabled over one billion successful bypasses since inception.
    • Operate weigh station bypass system for commercial vehicles
      Operates a digital weigh station bypass system used at over 584 locations across North America, enabling pre-screened commercial vehicles to safely bypass inspection sites using safety and credential data from federal and state sources. The system has facilitated more than one billion successful bypasses since inception, reducing delays, fuel consumption, and emissions.
    • Operate weigh station bypass system for commercial vehicles
      Operates a digital weigh station bypass system using PrePass technology at over 584 locations across North America, enabling pre-screened commercial carriers to bypass inspection sites safely and efficiently. The system has facilitated more than one billion successful bypasses since inception, with over 16 billion bypasses completed by January 2026.
    • Operating Weigh Station Bypass System
      Operates a weigh station bypass system across North America, enabling commercial vehicles to bypass inspection sites based on safety and credential data. This system is deployed at over 586 locations and has facilitated over one billion successful bypasses, reducing traffic congestion, improving safety, and generating significant cost savings and environmental benefits.
  • Commercial Vehicle Toll Management Services 4 activities
    • Deliver tolling services and toll management software
      Provides toll payment services with discounted rates, 24/7 access to transaction data, and fraud prevention through INFORM Tolling software. Offers efficient transaction processing and support for reconciliation and dispute resolution.
    • Provide INFORM Tolling software and toll payment services
      Offers toll payment services with discounted rates, transaction processing, and 24/7 access to toll data; provides INFORM Tolling software to help users monitor toll spending, manage violations, and prevent fraud.
    • Provide toll payment and management services
      Offers toll payment services with discounted rates, 24/7 transaction data access, and fraud prevention through INFORM Tolling software, helping fleets monitor spending and manage violations.
    • Providing Toll Payment Services
      Offers toll payment services for commercial vehicles, including efficient transaction processing, access to discounted toll rates, and 24/7 access to toll transaction data for reconciliation and dispute resolution.
  • Automated Data Retention and Deletion Systems 4 activities
    • Ensuring Data Privacy
      Automatically deletes all carrier PrePass transaction data after 90 days to ensure data privacy.
    • Maintain data privacy with automatic transaction data deletion
      Automatically deletes all carrier PrePass transaction data within 90 days to ensure privacy and compliance.
    • Manage and purge carrier transaction data
      Automatically deletes all carrier PrePass transaction data within 90 days of processing to ensure privacy and compliance with data retention policies.
    • Manage carrier data privacy
      Automatically deletes all carrier PrePass transaction data within 90 days of collection to ensure data privacy and compliance.
  • Uncategorized 7 activities
    • Generate environmental and economic benefits through bypass technology
      Reduces fuel consumption, emissions, and operational costs for commercial fleets; cumulative impacts include over 1 million metric tons of CO2e avoided, 584 million gallons of fuel saved, and $12 billion in cost savings since 1997.
    • Offer carrier safety performance software
      Provides INFORM Safety software to carriers, enabling them to access and analyze inspection, violation, and bypass data to improve safety performance and compliance.
    • Operating as a Public-Private Partnership
      Operates as a nonprofit public-private partnership, governed by state agencies and trucking industry leaders, to advance highway safety and efficiency.
    • Pre-screen commercial fleets using safety and credential data
      Pre-screens vehicles and fleets in real time using safety and credential data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and over 100 state and provincial sources to determine bypass eligibility at inspection sites.
    • Pre-screen commercial vehicles using safety and credential data
      Pre-screens commercial fleets and vehicles in real time using safety and credential data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and over 100 state and provincial sources to determine bypass eligibility.
    • Reinvest in highway safety and infrastructure
      Has invested over $1 billion in deploying and maintaining safety, efficiency, and infrastructure preservation technologies for commercial vehicles, including reinvestment of $1.3 billion in weigh station infrastructure since 1997.
    • Reinvest in highway safety and infrastructure preservation
      Reinvests program revenues into transportation infrastructure, with $1.3 billion reinvested in weigh station infrastructure from 1997 through January 2026 to support safety, emissions reduction, and highway preservation.
financials · form 990 · fy2021

the money

revenue
Total revenue$174.45M
Contributions & grants$00%
Program service revenue$170.18M98%
Investment income$12K0%
Other revenue$4.25M
expenses
Total expenses$104.19M
Program expenses88%
Admin / overhead12%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$4.96M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineFacilities
balance sheet
Total assets$556.12M
Cash$12.53M
Investments$20K
Liabilities$527.10M
Net assets$29.02M
Liquid reserves1.4 mo
3 years on record · 2019–2021 · YoY revenue +20.1%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2021

who runs it

paid leadership · 6
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
MARK DOUGHTY PRESIDENT AND CEO 40 $366K
JEFF CHRISTIAN CFO 40 $241K
ANDREW JOHNSON CMO THRU 6/14/2022 40 $193K
JOHN ROBERT TRENT DIR. OF COMMUNICATION 40 $188K
STEVE VAUGHN VP-NAT'L DIR OF FIELD OPS 40 $188K
JARROD DEL PRADO SR. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 40 $178K
board members · 19
  • ALLEN ENGLAND — MEMBER
  • BETH HERMANSADER — MEMBER
  • BRAD MARTEN — MEMBER
  • BRENDA NEVILLE — MEMBER
  • CHAD SHEPPICK — VICE CHAIR
  • CLARENCE MCKINNEY — MEMBER
  • COLLIN STEWART — CHAIRMAN
  • DALE BENNETT — MEMBER
  • DAN FRIEDEN — MEMBER
  • DANIEL WYRICK — DIRECTOR
  • DAVE HUNERYAGER — MEMBER
  • DAVE LORENZEN — DIRECTOR
  • DON SCHAEFER — DIRECTOR
  • DUANE WILIAMS — MEMBER
  • DUSTIN FEAZELL — MEMBER
  • JAIME MAUS — MEMBER
  • JAMES SUBLER — DIRECTOR
  • JIM BURG — FINANCE CHAIR
  • JIM NEWPORT — MEMBER
relationships · 56

who they work with

  • Allied Committee for the Trucking Industry Partner — ACT 1 member organization collaborating on improving the trucking industry environment.
  • American Transportation Research Institute Partner — Sponsored by PrePass Safety Alliance; includes board representation from Alliance-affiliated leadership.
  • American Trucking Associations Partner — Sponsored by PrePass Safety Alliance; PrePass is the only weigh station bypass service endorsed by ATA.
  • Arizona Partner — Participated in the original Crescent Project demonstration program and is a state partner in PrePass operations.
  • Arizona Department of Transportation Government — Organization represented by Jason Sloan, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Arizona Trucking Association Partner — Organization where Mark Doughty serves on the Board of Directors
  • British Columbia Partner — Participated in the original Crescent Project demonstration program.
  • California Partner — Participated in the original Crescent Project demonstration program and is a state partner in PrePass operations.
  • Colorado State Patrol Government — Organization represented by Deborah Jones, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Partner — PrePass Safety Alliance is a Premier sponsor supporting CVSA’s mission of uniform commercial vehicle safety enforcement.
  • Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Coalition — Organization where Steve Vaughn and Paul Claunch have served as President
  • Delaware Department of Transportation Government — Organization represented by Beth Hermansader, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Department of Motor Vehicles Government — Organization represented by Wayne Davis, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • FBI National Academy Government — Organization where Dave Allwine is a graduate of the 237th Session
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Government — Uses FMCSA's Inspection Selection System (ISS) and SAFER data to screen carriers for bypass eligibility.
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Government — Organization where Janice Mulanix previously served on the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
  • Illinois Department of Transportation Government — Organization represented by Keith Donovan, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Indiana State Police Government — Organization represented by Jon Smithers, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Intelligent Transportation Society of America Coalition — Organization where Mark Doughty and Erik Dietz serve on the Board of Directors
  • Intelligent Transportation Society of America Network — Charter member since 1993; Alliance President & CEO serves on Executive and Governance Committees.
  • Iowa Department of Transportation Government — Organization represented by James Armstrong, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • James Burg Trucking Company Partner — Organization represented by Jim Burg, who serves as Vice-Chair of the Alliance Board of Directors
  • Kansas Highway Patrol Government — Organization represented by Wes Ludolph, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Government — Organization represented by Tom McDaniel, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Maine State Police Troop K Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Partner — Collaborates with PrePass Safety Alliance to deploy weigh station bypass technology in Maine.
  • Michigan State Police Government — Organization represented by Keyonn Whitfield, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Mid-West Truckers Association, Inc. Partner — Organization represented by Don Schaefer, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • Montana Department of Transportation Government — Organization represented by Eric Belford, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
  • National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Government — Uses Nlets data to electronically screen carriers for bypass eligibility.
  • Nebraska State Patrol Government — Organization represented by Kurt vonRentzell, member of PrePass Safety Alliance
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