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← RECODING AMERICA FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by RECODING AMERICA FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,830,314
Total expenses
$1,593,240
Contributions and grants received
$17,825,808
Grants paid
$1,500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,506
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$17,293,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,056,419
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,237,074
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,571,188
Management and general expenses
$22,052
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,571,188

Program services were 98.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,825,808

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,506 · related or exempt $4,506

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,500,000 · program services $1,500,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,005 · management and general $8,005

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,990 · program services $52,990

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,535 · program services $5,268 · management and general $5,267

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,780 · management and general $8,780

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,930 · program services $2,930

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $17,293,493

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $556,419

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $500,000

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    end of year $16,237,074

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Recoding America catalyzes a cross-ideological movement that is building a more effective operating model for government. We are building a field that pursues structural reform at the federal and state levels.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Recoding America catalyzes a crossideological movement that is building a more effective operating model for government We are building a field that pursues structural reform at the federal and state levels

  • During 2025, Recoding America Fund established its organizational and operational infrastructure and began implementing its charitable mission to strengthen government capacity. Activities included build- ing organizational systems, developing strategic partnerships, supporting early state and federal initiatives, and making initial grants and contracts aligned with the organizations exempt purpose.

    Expenses $1,571,188 · Grants $1,500,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Pahlka

    DirectorChair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlie Anderson

    DirectorTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Galen-Hines Pierce

    DirectorSecretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Santi Ruiz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Healy

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602269349302055

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