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AMERICAN COMPASS INC

EIN 84-4031579 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$2,635,737
Expenses 2024
$2,235,395

Program services were 84.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R05
Classification
2000
Street
300 INDEPENDENCE AVE SE

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

20 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation's liberty and prosperity.

  • The American Compass program aims to advance new thinking about economics, events, and network-building. In 2024, we published three collections, hosted eight public events, and a number of additional private ones, and grew our membership group to approximately 186 members.

    Expenses $1,896,027

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.

  • Oren Cass

    Chief Economist, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $329,559
    From this org
    $275,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,059
    Filer's total
    $329,559

  • David Azerrad

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Baron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julius Krein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Lighthizer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Needham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Patel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abigail Ball

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $197,005
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,505
    Filer's total
    $197,005

  • Chris Griswold

    Policy Director

    Total calculated
    $212,447
    From this org
    $192,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,947
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $697
    Filer's total
    $212,447

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
    $2,635,737
    Expenses
    $2,235,395
    Contributions
    $2,619,896
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,475,794
    Expenses
    $1,784,020
    Contributions
    $2,464,960
    Grants paid
    $45,030
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,025,180
    Expenses
    $1,595,387
    Contributions
    $1,016,876
    Grants paid
    $85,000

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
    $1,789,364
    Expenses
    $1,366,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,285,116

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,565,876
    Expenses
    $717,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $891,900

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Oren Cass
Mailing address
300 Independence Ave SEWashington DC 20003
Website
https://americancompass.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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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.