Totals
- Total revenue
- $36,744,971
- Total expenses
- $33,025,717
- Contributions and grants received
- $36,744,971
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,224,122
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $375,759
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,848,363
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $32,242,462
- Management and general expenses
- $190,975
- Fundraising expenses
- $592,280
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $32,242,462
Program services were 97.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$36,744,971
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $158,800 · program services $138,156 · management and general $19,056 · fundraising $1,588
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,440,048 · program services $873,204 · management and general $7,963 · fundraising $558,881
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $85,667 · program services $83,146 · management and general $2,045 · fundraising $476
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $85,632 · program services $82,740 · management and general $2,207 · fundraising $685
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11b · Fees: legal
total $101,164 · program services $100,663 · management and general $501
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $68,921 · program services $8 · management and general $68,913
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $2,308 · program services $2,308
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11g · Fees: other
total $378,260 · program services $378,260
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $208,710 · program services $207,606 · management and general $1,104
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13 · Office expenses
total $225,976 · program services $199,302 · management and general $3,460 · fundraising $23,214
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14 · Information technology
total $133,971 · program services $127,489 · management and general $5,895 · fundraising $587
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16 · Occupancy
total $124,160 · program services $108,371 · management and general $15,142 · fundraising $647
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17 · Travel
total $158,761 · program services $158,397 · management and general $128 · fundraising $236
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $356,575 · program services $335,575 · management and general $21,000
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20 · Interest
total $171 · management and general $171
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $5,250 · management and general $5,250
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23 · Insurance
total $37,885 · management and general $37,885
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24a · Other expenses: POLICY PROGRAM EXPENSE
total $29,341,925 · program services $29,340,550 · fundraising $1,375
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24b · Other expenses: STATE FEES
total $72,486 · program services $67,895 · fundraising $4,591
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24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRI
total $39,047 · program services $38,792 · management and general $255
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,023,263 · end of year $5,149,941
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $464
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $20,063 · end of year $24,106
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $15,750
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $278,883 · end of year $34,325
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $61,242 · end of year $143,664
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $132,322 · end of year $232,095
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,129,109 · end of year $4,848,363
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
AMERICA FIRST WORKS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON ADVANCING POLICY AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, PROMOTING POLICIES THAT PUT AMERICAN JOBS, OPPORTUNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND INNOVATION FIRST.
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TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT TO, THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY PROMOTING IDEAS, POLICIES AND/OR LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS MAJOR PROBLEMS BURDENING THE UNITED STATES, STIFLING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION, AND/OR COMPROMISING NATIONAL SECURITY.
Expenses $32,242,462
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Tim DunnTIM DUNN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gregory SindelarGREGORY SINDELAR
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $54,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $54,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Linda McMahonLINDA MCMAHON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Josh TrevinoJOSH TREVINO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $104,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $104,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ashley HayekASHLEY HAYEK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $385,800
- From this org
- $158,800
- From related orgs
- $227,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $158,800 + $227,000 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $158,800 + $227,000 related
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Windi GrimesWINDI GRIMES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brooke RollinsBROOKE ROLLINS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $809,155
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $801,800
- Other
- $7,355
- Hours/week
- 1
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $500,000 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $300,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $1,800 related
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $7,355 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $809,155 related
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Lee ZeldinLEE ZELDIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ryan CaudelleRYAN CAUDELLE
DIRECTOR-STRAT INITIATIVES
- Total calculated
- $135,600
- From this org
- $135,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Samanatha MimsSAMANATHA MIMS
DIRECTOR-DATA, OPS
- Total calculated
- $137,602
- From this org
- $130,664
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,938
- Hours/week
- 40
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Clay ShoemakerCLAY SHOEMAKER
MARKETING & COMM OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $161,769
- From this org
- $153,281
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,488
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,281
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,488
- Filer's total
- $161,769
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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
501(C)(3) · ADVOCACY · TX
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513189349307136
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