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AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION

EIN 52-0810813 ALEXANDRIA, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2024
$21,160,826
Expenses 2024
$11,125,671

Program services were 84.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
W012
Classification
3000
Street
1199 N FAIRFAX ST STE 500

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 500). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION INC. (ACU) IS TO UNITE AND MOBILIZE CONSERVATIVES AROUND THE TENETS OF CONSERVATISM, THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS, TRAININGS, AND POLICY FORUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

  • DURING FY 2023, THE ACU ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES AROUND THE NATION. THE ACU STRIVES TO ENHANCE THE AWARENESS OF AMERICANS CONCERNED WITH LIBERTY, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, TRADITIONAL VALUES, AND A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, WHILE ALSO EDUCATING STATE EXECUTIVES AND LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    Expenses $9,393,466

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.

  • David Safavian

    Gen Counsel

    Total calculated
    $280,404
    From this org
    $249,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $280,404
  • Mercedes Schlapp

    STRATEGIC COMM.

    Total calculated
    $192,125
    From this org
    $192,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $192,125
  • Patrick Nolan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $73,467
    From this org
    $73,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Matt Schlapp

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $629,804
    From this org
    $629,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $629,804
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $629,804
  • Megan Powers

    Former Dir. of Special Projects

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Muriel Coleman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James O'Connel

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,600
    From this org
    $168,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,600
  • Allan Gottlieb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jackie Arends

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Christos Marafatsos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Priscilla O'Shaughnessy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Erik Prince

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ron Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Les Zellan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Bernhardt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark Kahrs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matt Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jerry Daniels

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kevin Hassett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bill Walton

    FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matt Whitaker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kimberly Bellissimo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ric Grenell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jim McLaughlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $21,160,826
    Expenses
    $11,125,671
    Contributions
    $19,003,244
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,391,797
    Expenses
    $10,105,796
    Contributions
    $11,662,741
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,922,984
    Expenses
    $10,976,991
    Contributions
    $5,416,326
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $15,442,633
    Expenses
    $14,320,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,885,240
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,442,633
    Expenses
    $14,320,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,885,240
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,116,706
    Expenses
    $8,501,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,320,784
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,887,494
    Expenses
    $18,640,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,131,915

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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.