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← THE REASON FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE REASON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,456,947
Total expenses
$17,507,487
Contributions and grants received
$13,818,095
Grants paid
$355,602
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,371,064
Management and general expenses
$600,014
Fundraising expenses
$1,536,409
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,371,064

Program services were 87.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID NOTT

    PRESIDENT, CEO

    Total calculated
    $525,657
    From this org
    $412,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $112,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $337,948
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $105,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,709
    Filer's total
    $525,657

  • ROBERT POOLE

    FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY

    Total calculated
    $231,193
    From this org
    $230,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,833
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $360
    Filer's total
    $231,193

  • NICHOLAS GILLESPIE

    EDITOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $234,723
    From this org
    $227,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,014
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,709
    Filer's total
    $234,723

  • ADRIAN T MOORE

    VICE PRESIDENT POLICY

    Total calculated
    $238,684
    From this org
    $221,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,562
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,122
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,562
    Filer's total
    $238,684

  • KATHERINE MANGU-WARD

    VICE PRESIDENT/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $217,060
    From this org
    $216,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $393
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,667
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $393
    Filer's total
    $217,060

  • JONATHAN GRAFF

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $230,964
    From this org
    $213,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,562
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,402
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,562
    Filer's total
    $230,964

  • LEONARD GILROY

    VICE PRESIDENT GOVERNMENT REFORM

    Total calculated
    $219,134
    From this org
    $211,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,680
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,454
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,680
    Filer's total
    $219,134

  • MICHAEL ALISSI

    VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $210,899
    From this org
    $193,356
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,543
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,356
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,543
    Filer's total
    $210,899

  • JACQUELINE PYKE

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $156,319
    From this org
    $156,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $319
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,000
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $319
    Filer's total
    $156,319

  • MELISSA MANN

    DIRECTOR OF DONOR COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $151,781
    From this org
    $144,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,618
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,163
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,618
    Filer's total
    $151,781

  • CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $149,189
    From this org
    $138,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,112
    Hours/week
    40

  • MATTHEW WELCH

    EDITOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $154,720
    From this org
    $137,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,429
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,291
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,429
    Filer's total
    $154,720

  • GEORGE F OHRSTROM

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THEODORE BARNETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS E BEACH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARON BOND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DREW A CAREY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA DUNN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA EDWARDS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER FARRELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • C BOYDEN GRAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS W HAZLETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN HOOKS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES D JAMESON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MANUEL S KLAUSNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES LINTOTT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRAVIS MAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN MODZELEWSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS J RUFER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD A WALLACE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KERRY WELSH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRED M YOUNG JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
DAVID NOTT, PRESIDENT AND CEO, PARTICIPATES IN A NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. DURING THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, THE FOUNDATION DEPOSITED $105,000 INTO THE 457(F) PLAN.
PART I, LINE 7
OFFICERS BONUSES ARE DETERMINED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION REVIEW THAT THEY DO BY REVIEWING A REPORT OF 990S FROM A SELECT GROUP OF OTHER CHARITIES.

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
2022
Filed
7 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420399349301027

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