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STATE DEMOCRACY ACTION FUND

EIN 81-4100201 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2023
$747,080
Expenses 2023
$948,968

Program services were 73.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
W20
Classification
3000
Street
1301 K ST NW STE 300W

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

9 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 300W). 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 · 2023

Mission

PROVIDE THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS NEEDED TO CONNECT EVERYDAY PEOPLE WITH THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT AND WORK TO HELP STATE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENT THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCE POLICIES THAT PROMOTE INCLUSION, EQUALITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • DATA, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION TO CONNECT EVERYDAY PEOPLE WITH THEIR STATE GOVERNMENT AND HELP STATE GOVERNMENTS REPRESENT THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCE POLICIES THAT PROMOTE INCLUSION, EQUALITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

    Expenses $700,287 · Grants $50,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jessica Post

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $295,189
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $258,041
    Other
    $37,148
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $258,041 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,373 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,775 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $295,189 related
  • Heather Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $301,213
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $256,476
    Other
    $44,737
    Hours/week
    7 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $256,476 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,494 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,243 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $301,213 related
  • Leslie Martes

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER (UNTIL 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $257,355
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $234,880
    Other
    $22,475
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $234,880 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,249 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,226 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $257,355 related
  • Kelly Byrne-Martin

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER (FROM 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $158,675
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,675
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $158,675 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $158,675 related
  • Anastasia Apa

    DIRECTOR (FROM 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $14,114
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $14,114
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Jim Ananich

    DIRECTOR (FROM 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Daria Dawson

    DIRECTOR (FROM 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Brian Weeks

    DIRECTOR (FROM 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Katelyn Stoner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,893
    From this org
    $174,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,977
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,057
    Filer's total
    $210,893
  • Heather Kashner

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $227,344
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $201,135
    Other
    $26,209
    Hours/week
    9 + 31 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $201,135 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,599 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,610 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $227,344 related
  • Jose Cornejo

    VP, DIGITAL & MULTIMEDIA (TIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $222,364
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $202,284
    Other
    $20,080
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $202,284 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,967 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,113 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $222,364 related
  • Stephanie Hendrick

    VP, DATA & ANALYTICS (TIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $216,996
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $197,214
    Other
    $19,782
    Hours/week
    13 + 27 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $197,214 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,669 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,113 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $216,996 related
  • Will Rusche

    VP, MARKETING & COMM.

    Total calculated
    $207,173
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $180,346
    Other
    $26,827
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $180,346 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,656 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,171 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $207,173 related
  • Jeremy Jansen

    VP, POLITICAL

    Total calculated
    $191,939
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $179,813
    Other
    $12,126
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $179,813 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,304 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,822 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $191,939 related
  • Joshua Handelman

    VP, DEVELOPMENT (UNTIL 07/23)

    Total calculated
    $134,664
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $117,947
    Other
    $16,717
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $747,080
    Expenses
    $948,968
    Contributions
    $747,080
    Grants paid
    $50,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,820,080
    Expenses
    $2,879,020
    Contributions
    $2,820,080
    Grants paid
    $1,250,658

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
    $2,012,045
    Expenses
    $2,492,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $250,766
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,271,751
    Expenses
    $3,884,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $777,299
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,301,160
    Expenses
    $1,250,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $494,376

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

Where these grants went next →

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 2023 return

  • FAIR DISTRICTS FUND

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATIONAL · DC · controlled entity

  • LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY PAC

    527 · POL CMTE · DC

  • DLCC PAC

    527 · POL CMTE · DC

  • DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMP CMTE

    527 · POL CMTE · DC

  • AMERICAN LEADERSHIP CMTE

    527 · POL CMTE · DC

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.