- Revenue 2024
- $3,923,505
- Expenses 2024
- $3,488,154
Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- X05
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1400 16TH STREET NW
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
-
DC ACTION FOR CHILDREN TODAY DC ACT
EIN 52-1807264
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN, INDEPENDENT FIRM SPECIALIZING IN RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION, VALUES, AND PUBLIC POLICY. AS A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, WE DO NOT TAKE POSITIONS ON, NOR DO WE ADVOCATE FOR, PARTICULAR POLICIES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ON TOPICS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION, VALUES AND PUBLIC LIFE.
-
RESEARCH ON PUBLIC INTEREST ISSUES
Expenses $2,837,386 · Grants $360,741
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
-
Dr Robert P JonesDR ROBERT P JONES
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $296,202
- From this org
- $274,291
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,911
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $274,291
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,344
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,567
- Filer's total
- $296,202
-
Melissa DeckmanMELISSA DECKMAN
CEO
- Total calculated
- $231,487
- From this org
- $224,687
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,800
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $224,687
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $231,487
-
Rev Dr Nathan WalkerREV DR NATHAN WALKER
FORMER CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Very Rev Dr Kelly Brown DouglasVERY REV DR KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Obery M Hendricks JrDR OBERY M HENDRICKS JR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Janelle WongDR JANELLE WONG
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Gerardo MartiDR GERARDO MARTI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ruth BraunsteinRUTH BRAUNSTEIN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andra GillespieANDRA GILLESPIE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stella RouseSTELLA ROUSE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andrew WhiteheadANDREW WHITEHEAD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
The Right Rev V Gene RobinsonTHE RIGHT REV V GENE ROBINSON
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jane HongJANE HONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Dr Jacqui LewisREV DR JACQUI LEWIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jemar TisbyJEMAR TISBY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
T Sean SandsT SEAN SANDS
CHIEF OF STAFF
- Total calculated
- $202,892
- From this org
- $185,379
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,513
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $185,379
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,423
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,090
- Filer's total
- $202,892
-
Diana OrcesDIANA ORCES
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
- Total calculated
- $152,588
- From this org
- $140,799
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,789
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $140,799
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,548
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,241
- Filer's total
- $152,588
-
Colleen RossCOLLEEN ROSS
SR. COMMUNCATIONS ASS
- Total calculated
- $123,799
- From this org
- $114,378
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,421
- 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, 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $3,923,505
- Expenses
- $3,488,154
- Contributions
- $3,671,788
- Grants paid
- $360,741
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,463,397
- Expenses
- $3,266,261
- Contributions
- $2,259,499
- Grants paid
- $365,845
-
2022
- Revenue
- $4,508,777
- Expenses
- $2,843,220
- Contributions
- $4,424,949
- Grants paid
- $457,052
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,867,405
- Expenses
- $1,885,769
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,911,931
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,074,401
- Expenses
- $1,867,832
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,737,137
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,640,648
- Expenses
- $3,013,399
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,477,297
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,791,446
- Expenses
- $3,278,494
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,550,803
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,781,905
- Expenses
- $2,029,630
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,661,538
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,308,807
- Expenses
- $1,728,573
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,842,307
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,777,289
- Expenses
- $1,359,484
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,289,577
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,794,898
- Expenses
- $1,797,365
- Assets (EOY)
- $907,514
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,643,626
- Expenses
- $1,337,565
- Assets (EOY)
- $880,302
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,110,451
- Assets (EOY)
- $580,823
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
-
$162,600
2022 RESEARCH SUPPORT SUBGRANT
-
$124,000
2022 REASEARCH SUPPORT SUBGRANT
-
$100,000
2023 RESEARCH SUPPORT SUBGRANT
-
$35,000
2024 RESEARCH SUPPORT SUBGRANT
-
QUALTRICS LLC
$12,000
2024 LGBTQ RESEARCH MICROGRANT
-
YOUGOV AMERICA INC
$11,930
2024 RESEARCH MICROGRANT
Grants received
-
2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
2023 GENERAL
-
$250,000
2024 support research
-
$200,000
2022 support research at the intersection of religion culture and public policy
-
2022 GENERAL
-
$50,000
2022 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
-
$50,000
2024 EDUCATION
-
$50,000
2023 ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
-
2023 RELIGION RELATED
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.