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AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT

EIN 26-4613397 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$3,859,846
Expenses 2024
$4,379,951

Program services were 54.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
R010
Classification
3000
Street
2800 SHIRLINGTON ROAD

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

American Principles Project was created to promote the dignity of the human person as affirmed by America's founding principles, namely that we are all d equal, endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." American Principles Project seeks to advocate for policy solutions that uphold and educate Americans about these principles, particularly as they relate to the inherent dignity of workers, parents, students and immigrants as well as the sacredness of all human life and traditional marriage.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to promote the dignity of the human person as affirmed by America's founding principles

  • American Principles Project, through its pro-family program, advocated on behalf of the American family and engaged on issues of chief importance to families, by: pressing for and supporting laws that defend women's sports and protect children from harmful sex-change procedures, pushing for legislation to rein in Big Tech censorship, opposing the imposition of critical race theory and gender ideology in schools.

    Expenses $2,335,410 · Grants $221,975

  • American Principles Project advocated for greater integrity in US elections through its support of the Election Transparency Initiative.

    Expenses $55,681

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.

  • Ellen Barrosse

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Francis Cannon

    Treasurer and President Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $181,667
    From this org
    $181,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $181,667

  • Sean Fieler

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Terrence Schilling

    President

    Total calculated
    $278,911
    From this org
    $246,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,197
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,714
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,197
    Filer's total
    $278,911

  • Bob Case

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Charlie McKinney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Maggie Gallagher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ross Burnam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Anthony Labruna

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $157,788
    From this org
    $152,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,871
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,917
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,871
    Filer's total
    $157,788

  • Christopher Madden

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $126,611
    From this org
    $112,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,570
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • Jon Schweppe

    Director of Policy and Government Affairs

    Total calculated
    $204,989
    From this org
    $177,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,569
    Hours/week
    15.5 + 24.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,420
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,569
    Filer's total
    $204,989

  • Paul Dupont

    Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $155,676
    From this org
    $148,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,149
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,527
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,149
    Filer's total
    $155,676

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
    $3,859,846
    Expenses
    $4,379,951
    Contributions
    $3,798,360
    Grants paid
    $221,975
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,294,897
    Expenses
    $4,059,649
    Contributions
    $5,211,690
    Grants paid
    $323,300
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,120,026
    Expenses
    $4,572,477
    Contributions
    $5,045,948
    Grants paid
    $869,007

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
    $2,671,248
    Expenses
    $2,485,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $808,349

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,052,162
    Expenses
    $5,794,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $593,288

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $783,435
    Expenses
    $891,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $376,111

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,190,537
    Expenses
    $1,128,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $459,115

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $692,247
    Expenses
    $776,036
    Assets (EOY)
    $380,238

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $980,730
    Expenses
    $1,211,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $451,860

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,372,193
    Expenses
    $2,328,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $679,746

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,072,613
    Expenses
    $1,964,657
    Assets (EOY)
    $648,590

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 October 2012, reinstated 15 October 2012.

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