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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,026,708
Total expenses
$15,284,950
Contributions and grants received
$14,794,151
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,187,458
Investment income
$28,229
Other revenue
$16,870
Total assets, end of year
$15,080,833
Total liabilities, end of year
$729,503
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,351,330
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,922,996
Management and general expenses
$1,036,996
Fundraising expenses
$324,958
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,922,996

Program services were 91.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • TARREN BRAGDON

    CEO AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $498,353
    From this org
    $438,092
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,261
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,923
    Bonus
    $92,000
    Other
    $55,169
    Deferred
    $43,219
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,042
    Filer's total
    $498,353

  • BETTY NEIGHBORS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN PRYOR

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT HARDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANE JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIDGETT WAGNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN BECHTLE SECRETARY

    TREASURER, COO & GEN. COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $359,348
    From this org
    $342,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,352
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,496
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $22,500
    Deferred
    $5,977
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,375
    Filer's total
    $359,348

  • JONATHAN INGRAM

    VP OF POLICY & RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $315,944
    From this org
    $297,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,296
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,109
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $9,539
    Deferred
    $15,730
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,566
    Filer's total
    $315,944

  • KATHERINE RODGERS

    VP OF OUTREACH & GOV'T AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $300,696
    From this org
    $277,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,375
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,514
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,807
    Filer's total
    $300,696

  • NICHOLAS STEHLE

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $260,905
    From this org
    $235,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,604
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,301
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,304
    Filer's total
    $260,905

  • STEWART WHITSON

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,405
    From this org
    $253,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,442
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,723
    Filer's total
    $277,405

  • SAMUEL ADOLPHSEN

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,151
    From this org
    $226,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,566
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,714
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,871
    Filer's total
    $250,151

  • MADELINE MALISA

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $200,563
    From this org
    $185,376
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,187
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,376
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,727
    Filer's total
    $200,563

  • JUDY COOK

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $216,453
    From this org
    $193,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,436
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,375
    Filer's total
    $216,453

  • GREGGORY PFISTER

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STATE AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $217,181
    From this org
    $201,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,139
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,815
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,227
    Filer's total
    $217,181

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 · 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
TARREN BRAGDON RECEIVED A DISTRIBUTION FROM HIS 457(F) PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,669 DURING 2023, WHICH IS REPORTED IN PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PAID BOARD APPROVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN PART II AS REPORTED IN COLUMN B(II) FOR THE APPLICABLE INDIVIDUALS.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403109349302045

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