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← CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,387,007
Total expenses
$20,551,598
Contributions and grants received
$22,258,262
Grants paid
$4,750,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,602,704
Management and general expenses
$1,816,716
Fundraising expenses
$132,178
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,602,704

Program services were 90.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patrick Gaspard

    CEO & Director

    Total calculated
    $37,610
    From this org
    $31,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,727
    Hours/week
    3

  • Christie Hefner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Pfeiffer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorian Warren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Hanley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lilli Scheye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Angelides

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deanna Nesburg

    CFO & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $41,208
    From this org
    $34,898
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,310
    Hours/week
    6

  • Gypsy Moore

    SVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $45,446
    From this org
    $36,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,164
    Hours/week
    6

  • Navin Nayak

    President & Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $253,715
    From this org
    $220,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,786
    Hours/week
    33

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,929
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,975
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,811
    Filer's total
    $253,715

  • Rozina Kiflom

    Deputy General Counsel & Secretary (Thru 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $20,382
    From this org
    $16,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,433
    Hours/week
    6

  • Ellie Langford

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $147,129
    From this org
    $117,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,305
    Hours/week
    33

  • Joel Maysonet

    Sr. Director, Digital Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $121,420
    From this org
    $108,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,818
    Hours/week
    33

  • Laura Rodriguez

    VP, Government Affairs

    Total calculated
    $159,299
    From this org
    $147,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,150
    Hours/week
    33

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,149
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,415
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,735
    Filer's total
    $159,299

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 — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I
THE ACTION FUND DOES NOT DIRECTLY HIRE OR COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYED BY THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS (CAP), AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION EXEMPT UNDER SECTION(C)(3). COMPENSATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON THE ACTION FUND'S RETURN WAS DETERMINED UNDER CAP'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHICH SATISFY THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS. THE ACTION FUND OPERATES UNDER A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH CAP, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH ORGANIZATION, UNDER WHICH CAP EMPLOYS BOTH ORGANIZATION'S STAFF MEMBERS AND PAYS FOR GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. THE ACTION FUND REIMBURSES CAP FOR ITS SHARE OF THESE EXPENSES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202513169349303991

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