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AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION

EIN 52-1527294 ARLINGTON, VA

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Revenue 2024
$4,378,810
Expenses 2024
$6,943,194

Program services were 92.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V010
Classification
1000
Street
4201 WILSON BLVD STE 1000

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

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1000). 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

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION EXISTS TO EDUCATE AMERICANS ON SOLUTIONS THAT EXPAND FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY, WITH A FOCUS ON ADDRESSING UNSUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND DEBT, REFORMING THE HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS, PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND BUILDING AN ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SUCCESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE AMERICANS ON SOLUTIONS THAT EXPAND FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY FOR ALL.

  • EDUCATE AMERICANS ON SOLUTIONS THAT EXPAND FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY, WITH A FOCUS ON ADDRESSING UNSUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND DEBT, REFORMING THE HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS, PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND BUILDING AN ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SUCCESS.

    Expenses $6,429,543 · Grants $520,000

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.

  • Emily Seidel

    CEO/President/Chair

    Total calculated
    $1,448,401
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $820,487
    Other
    $627,914
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $295,487 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $525,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $620,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,214 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,448,401 related

  • Brent Gardner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $500,468
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $450,230
    Other
    $50,238
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $285,230 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $165,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,262 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,976 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $500,468 related

  • Gretchen Reiter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kim Penner

    OUTGOING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Mark Holden

    OUTGOING CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Henrich Heuer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $611,766
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $566,769
    Other
    $44,997
    Hours/week
    1 + 52 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $341,769 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $225,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,538 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,459 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $611,766 related

  • Laura Stolarz

    OUTGOING TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $233,747
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $196,626
    Other
    $37,121
    Hours/week
    1 + 51 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $181,626 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,208 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,913 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $233,747 related

  • Weston Edwards

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $1,200,461
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $655,952
    Other
    $544,509
    Hours/week
    1 + 53 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $455,952 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $200,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $518,577 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,932 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,200,461 related

  • Cynthia Crawford

    SENIOR POLICY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $242,176
    From this org
    $200,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,623
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,553
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,323
    Filer's total
    $242,176

  • James Valvo

    CHIEF POLICY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $225,151
    From this org
    $201,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,780
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,371
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,480
    Filer's total
    $225,151

  • Lee Steven

    SENIOR POLICY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $242,470
    From this org
    $202,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,227
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,243
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,627
    Filer's total
    $242,470

  • Michael D Pepson

    REGULATORY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $178,097
    From this org
    $162,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,495
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,895
    Filer's total
    $178,097

  • Ryan Mulvey

    POLICY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $223,171
    From this org
    $210,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,063
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,108
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $463
    Filer's total
    $223,171

  • Chase Downham

    SENIOR VP OF GRASSROOTS

    Total calculated
    $427,686
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $388,788
    Other
    $38,898
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $233,788 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $155,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,531 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,367 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $427,686 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
    $4,378,810
    Expenses
    $6,943,194
    Contributions
    $3,063,020
    Grants paid
    $520,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,808,517
    Expenses
    $9,024,920
    Contributions
    $1,883,459
    Grants paid
    $932,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $18,766,045
    Expenses
    $8,087,796
    Contributions
    $10,756,522
    Grants paid
    $200,000

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
    $11,877,459
    Expenses
    $8,656,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,106,474

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,068,022
    Expenses
    $7,252,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,876,629

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,116,648
    Expenses
    $16,069,008
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,902,851

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,280,403
    Expenses
    $18,836,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,842,841

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,949,115
    Expenses
    $20,292,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,157,247

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,391,266
    Expenses
    $23,028,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,436,063

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,192,958
    Expenses
    $27,815,002
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,536,863

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,284,137
    Expenses
    $21,006,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,330,200

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,310,464
    Expenses
    $17,700,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,012,392

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $26,587,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,822,279

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CAVHOCO INC

    C Corporation · HOLDING CO. · DE · controlled entity

  • DBLDBL INC

    C Corporation · CONSULTING · DE · controlled entity

  • KNSLT INC

    C Corporation · CONSULTING · DE · controlled entity

  • THOCO

    C Corporation · CONSULTING · DE · controlled entity

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.