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PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA

EIN 27-1017781 GREAT FALLS, VA

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Revenue 2024
$5,181,230
Expenses 2024
$4,956,575

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C01
Classification
2000
Street
10001 GEORGETOWN PIKE UNIT 317

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 (UNIT 317). 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

PUBLIC DEMOCRACY AMERICA EXISTS TO PROVIDE DATA INSIGHTS AND DIGITAL STRATEGIES TO OUR PARTNERS TO DELIVER RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH A NETWORK OF NONPROFITS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND FILL HOLES IN DATA THAT AFFECT ALGORITHMIC REFERRAL AND THEN DEVELOPS DEEPER INSIGHTS INTO HOW THIS DATA PREVENTS RESOURCES FROM REACHING COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION USES THESE INSIGHTS TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS EFFORTS STRATEGIES TO MAKE OUR NETWORK'S RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE.

    Expenses $2,206,469 · Revenue $215,855

  • THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MESSAGING AND STRATEGIES TO DELIVER POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING CONTENT AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO SERVICES. ORGANIZATION WORK INCLUDES DIGITAL AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND OUTREACH.

    Expenses $1,747,281 · Revenue $145,000

  • THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR MISSION ALIGNED PARTNERS THAT HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR 501C3 STATUS. ORGANIZATION DOES NOT CHARGE A PERCENTAGE OR ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR THIS FISCAL SPONSOR SERVICE, IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THAT THESE PARTNERS ARE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF CONTRIBUTIONS THEY RECEIVE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP.

    Expenses $127,513

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.

  • Scott Shalett

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $202,800
    From this org
    $202,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,800
    Bonus
    $18,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $202,800
  • Rachel Johnson

    DEPUTY DIREC

    Total calculated
    $172,800
    From this org
    $172,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,800
    Bonus
    $18,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $172,800
  • Jason Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Hopkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Lalka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Sapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Sype

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $5,181,230
    Expenses
    $4,956,575
    Contributions
    $4,820,375
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,364,958
    Expenses
    $2,545,932
    Contributions
    $2,364,958
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,396,018
    Expenses
    $6,111,082
    Contributions
    $6,396,018
    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
    $8,070,256
    Expenses
    $8,139,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,599
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,000,000
    Expenses
    $982,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,888
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $200,075
    Expenses
    $120,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,088
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $67,500
    Expenses
    $67,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $14
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $11,000
    Expenses
    $28,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $19
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $105,374
    Expenses
    $87,405
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,969
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $21,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $0
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $187,743
    Expenses
    $171,957
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,786

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.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2012, reinstated 15 May 2012.

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.