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← ADVOCACY ACTION FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ADVOCACY ACTION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,407,381
Total expenses
$87,935,833
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$79,373,701
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$86,833,880
Management and general expenses
$1,101,953
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$86,833,880

Program services were 98.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JASON BERKENFELD

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR (TO 2/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL KIESCHNICK

    PRESIDENT, TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,122
    From this org
    $159,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,583
    Bonus
    $9,450
    Other
    $4,697
    Deferred
    $2,851
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,541
    Filer's total
    $188,122

  • ANNE YAMAMOTO

    DIRECTOR (TO 2/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $9,600
    From this org
    $9,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY RAO

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR (FROM 2/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRAN CODISPOTI

    DIRECTOR (FROM 2/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON MCKEE

    SR. DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $181,853
    From this org
    $159,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,874
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,962
    Bonus
    $9,776
    Other
    $241
    Deferred
    $12,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,374
    Filer's total
    $181,853

  • YLL BAJRAKTARI

    PRESIDENT & CEO - SCSP ACTION PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $718,557
    From this org
    $701,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $586,080
    Bonus
    $113,908
    Other
    $1,069
    Deferred
    $12,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,000
    Filer's total
    $718,557

  • JENILEE KEEFE SINGER

    SR. DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $294,890
    From this org
    $275,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,462
    Bonus
    $15,513
    Other
    $492
    Deferred
    $12,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,923
    Filer's total
    $294,890

  • KAYLA LEE AUGUSTINE

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $127,202
    From this org
    $100,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,547
    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 — 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
EMPLOYEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRIORITIZE LOW COST AIRFARE WHEN SELECTING A FLIGHT. ACCORDINGLY, THE ORGANIZATION'S TRAVEL POLICY GENERALLY REQUIRES ECONOMY/COACH CLASS FOR ALL TRAVEL LESS THAN 5 HOURS. INDIVIDUAL FLIGHTS OF 5 HOURS AND LONGER (NOT INCLUDING LAYOVERS) MAY BE BUSINESS CLASS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS MANAGER AND BUDGET APPROVAL, AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN BUSINESS CLASS IS NOT REASONABLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S BUSINESS PURPOSES, FIRST CLASS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE. THIS BENEFIT IS NOT INCLUDED IN EMPLOYEE TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND MOTIVATE HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES COMMITTED TO ITS VISION AND MISSION. ACCORDINGLY, THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED COMPETITIVE, BUT REASONABLE, COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR ITS EMPLOYEES THROUGH A PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUS PLAN, PROVIDED THAT IN ALL CASES PERFORMANCE BONUSES ARE (1) SUPPORTED BY THE RESULTS OF WRITTEN PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND (2) WHEN CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OTHER COMPENSATION, DO NOT EXCEED MARKET COMPENSATION RANGES.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349312459

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