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COMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET

EIN 52-1231278 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$10,368,338
Expenses 2025
$6,703,049

Program services were 87.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W22Z
Classification
1200
Street
1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 1100

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 · 2025

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE MEDIA ABOUT ISSUES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT FISCAL POLICY IMPACT. OUR BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP COMPRISES SOME OF THE NATION'S LEADING BUDGET EXPERTS, INCLUDING MANY PAST HEADS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEES, THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

  • POLICY - THE POLICY PROGRAM CONDUCTS AND PUBLISHES ORIGINAL RESEARCH ON TIMELY FISCAL ISSUES, SUMMARIZES AND ANALYZES CURRENT AND PROPOSED BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION, AND DEVELOPS RESOURCES TO HELP POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA, AND THE PUBLIC GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET SITUATION AND THE NATION'S FISCAL OUTLOOK.

    Expenses $4,312,062

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT - THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM WORKS WITH CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL, BUSINESS, AND ECONOMIC GROUPS AND THE MEDIA TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NATION'S LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGES.

    Expenses $1,250,551

  • INITIATIVES - THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS KEY INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS PRESSING POLICY ISSUES. DURING 2025, THE ORGANIZATION HAD TWO ACTIVE INITIATIVES, FIXUS AND HEALTH SAVERS. FIXUS CONVENES DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AND ADVANCES RESEARCH WITH THE GOAL OF UNDERSTANDING THE ROOT CAUSES OF OUR GROWING NATIONAL DIVISIONS AND HOW THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED. HEALTH SAVERS IS A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT TO DEVELOP BOLD POLICY SOLUTIONS TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS.

    Expenses $275,593

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MAYA MACGUINEAS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $672,231
    From this org
    $612,079
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,152
    Hours/week
    39.8 + 0.2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $556,279
    Bonus
    $55,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,152
    Filer's total
    $672,231

  • MITCH DANIELS

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEON PANETTA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY PENNY

    CO-CHAIR AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MARNE OBERNAUER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARRY ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUDOLPH PENNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVE MCCURDY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ERSKINE BOWLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENT CONRAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN L CRIPPEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIS GRADISON JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM HOAGLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE MANCHIN

    DIRECTOR AS OF JANUARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES T MCINTYRE JR

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JULY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MITT ROMNEY

    DIRECTOR AS OF JANUARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL NUTTER

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JANUARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT REISCHAUER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES ROBB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN SIMPSON

    DIRECTOR UNTIL MARCH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN BERNASEK

    DIRECTOR AS OF MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GENE STEUERLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID STOCKMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN TANNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $10,368,338
    Expenses
    $6,703,049
    Contributions
    $10,107,258
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,836,628
    Expenses
    $5,974,490
    Contributions
    $9,625,213
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,137,343
    Expenses
    $4,941,731
    Contributions
    $3,898,036
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,037,630
    Expenses
    $4,481,795
    Contributions
    $6,959,131
    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
    $5,338,402
    Expenses
    $4,432,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,854,266

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,256,835
    Expenses
    $4,186,697
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,994,124

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,863,809
    Expenses
    $3,476,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,874,884

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $586,400
    Expenses
    $3,287,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,463,338

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,421,527
    Expenses
    $3,038,669
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,170,544

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,109,159
    Expenses
    $3,227,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,765,243

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,988,957
    Expenses
    $3,385,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,870,785

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $989,630
    Expenses
    $2,646,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,187,276

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 2011

Tax period
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011
Principal officer
Maya MacGuiness
Mailing address
1899 L Street NW Suite 400Washington DC 20036
Website
www.crfb.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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.

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 2025 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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.