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SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND

EIN 46-1665232 NEWTOWN, CT

Revenue 2024
$7,354,469
Expenses 2024
$8,325,410

Program services were 71.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
5 COMMERCE ROAD 3489

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND (ACTION FUND) IS A 501(C)(4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROTECTING ALL CHILDREN FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS, HOMES, AND COMMUNITIES. ACTION FUND ADVANCES A HOLISTIC POLICY PLATFORM THAT PROMOTES GUN SAFETY, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION. ACTION FUND WORKS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO PASS NONPARTISAN LEGISLATION THROUGH INCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS, DIVERSE GRASSROOTS EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION. IT IS PART OF SANDY HOOK PROMISE, FOUNDED AND LED BY SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE KILLED IN THE TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 14, 2012.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH AND ADULTS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THEIR SCHOOLS, HOMES, AND COMMUNITIES.

  • ACTION FUND WORKS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT ADVANCES SCHOOL SAFETY, MENTAL HEALTH AND GUN SAFETY THROUGH NONPARTISAN PARTNERSHIPS, GRASSROOTS EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE ONLY NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND, ACTION FUND WRITES, INTRODUCES, AND INFLUENCES FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RESEARCHING AND WRITING EFFECTIVE POLICY, EDUCATING LEGISLATORS AND CONSTITUENTS, AND LOBBYING FOR THE PASSAGE OF PRACTICAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN.

    Expenses $5,947,915

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • NICOLE HOCKLEY

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $297,820
    From this org
    $24,296
    From related orgs
    $230,575
    Other
    $42,949
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $24,296 + $230,575 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,094 + $38,855 related
    Filer's total
    $28,390 + $269,430 related

  • MARK BARDEN

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $264,201
    From this org
    $202,876
    From related orgs
    $50,765
    Other
    $10,560
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,876 + $50,765 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,446 + $2,114 related
    Filer's total
    $211,322 + $52,879 related

  • LAUREN LEVIN

    CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $207,934
    From this org
    $200,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,319
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,615
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,319
    Filer's total
    $207,934

  • DAWN LYONS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $239,434
    From this org
    $28,585
    From related orgs
    $168,212
    Other
    $42,637
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $28,585 + $168,212 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,193 + $36,444 related
    Filer's total
    $34,778 + $204,656 related

  • DAVID CONRAD

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $240,975
    From this org
    $20,246
    From related orgs
    $173,682
    Other
    $47,047
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $20,246 + $173,682 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,912 + $42,135 related
    Filer's total
    $25,158 + $215,817 related

  • AURORA VASQUEZ

    VP, STATE POLICY & ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $184,434
    From this org
    $163,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,518
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,518
    Filer's total
    $184,434

  • ELIZABETH MURPHY

    VP, FEDERAL POLICY

    Total calculated
    $195,805
    From this org
    $150,127
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,127
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,678
    Filer's total
    $195,805

  • LINDSEY LIESE

    SR. VP, PEOPLE

    Total calculated
    $193,407
    From this org
    $11,858
    From related orgs
    $153,716
    Other
    $27,833
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $11,858 + $153,716 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,993 + $25,840 related
    Filer's total
    $13,851 + $179,556 related

  • ROBERT JACOBS

    VP, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $176,575
    From this org
    $9,017
    From related orgs
    $141,272
    Other
    $26,286
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $9,017 + $141,272 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,577 + $24,709 related
    Filer's total
    $10,594 + $165,981 related

  • JOHN GREBLICK

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $163,975
    From this org
    $16,723
    From related orgs
    $126,049
    Other
    $21,203
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $16,723 + $126,049 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,484 + $18,719 related
    Filer's total
    $19,207 + $144,768 related

  • MATTHEW BENNETT

    BOARD - CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • COLLEEN BARRY

    BOARD - VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOSEPH CASSIDY

    BOARD - TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SONYA ANDERSON

    BOARD - SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • WILLIAM SHERLACH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRADLEY MILES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MICHAEL NUTTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KAREN FREEMAN-WILSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ALEXANDER P HECKLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • EDWARD LEHRMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHETHAN SATHYA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JACKIE BARDEN

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JILLIAN PETERSON

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 02/15/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PETER WILLNER

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 06/03/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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
    $7,354,469
    Expenses
    $8,325,410
    Contributions
    $7,106,917
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,644,456
    Expenses
    $7,094,066
    Contributions
    $7,456,310
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,817,803
    Expenses
    $6,363,416
    Contributions
    $7,679,193
    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
    $9,973,796
    Expenses
    $8,089,472
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,295,880

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,030,464
    Expenses
    $3,270,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,697,159

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,319,785
    Expenses
    $2,750,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,696,490

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,114,350
    Expenses
    $1,423,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,298,798

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,121,532
    Expenses
    $906,537
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,433,470

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $274,976
    Expenses
    $376,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $213,859

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.