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CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION FUND

EIN 47-2045681 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$254,081
Expenses 2024
$464,913

Program services were 79.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
B01
Classification
3000
Street
800 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 300

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

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

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

SECURE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES NEEDED FUNDS TO OPEN AND REPLICATED HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

  • SECURE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES NEEDED FUNDS TO OPEN AND REPLICATED HIGH PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $370,351 · Grants $167,500

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.

  • Eric Paisner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $324,308
    From this org
    $3,980
    From related orgs
    $275,943
    Other
    $44,385
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $3,980 + $238,193 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $37,750 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $351 + $21,034 related
    Filer's total
    $4,331 + $319,977 related
  • Mike Murphy

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mary Landrieu

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Burns Ed Of Csaf

    EVP, NATIONAL ADVOCACY OF NAPCS

    Total calculated
    $274,634
    From this org
    $56,934
    From related orgs
    $190,604
    Other
    $27,096
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $56,934 + $178,816 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $11,788 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,852 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,816 + $9,428 related
    Filer's total
    $59,750 + $214,884 related
  • Starlee Coleman

    PRES. & CEO OF NAPCS - AS OF 08/24

    Total calculated
    $176,645
    From this org
    $1,914
    From related orgs
    $161,670
    Other
    $13,061
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,914 + $161,670 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,494 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30 + $2,537 related
    Filer's total
    $1,944 + $174,701 related
  • Nina Rees Former Vice Chair

    CEO OF NAPCS - UNTIL 12/23

    Total calculated
    $440,434
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $410,246
    Other
    $30,188
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $410,246 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,188 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $440,434 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
    $254,081
    Expenses
    $464,913
    Contributions
    $250,000
    Grants paid
    $167,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $565,000
    Expenses
    $383,899
    Contributions
    $565,000
    Grants paid
    $55,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $979,471
    Expenses
    $840,813
    Contributions
    $979,471
    Grants paid
    $225,000

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $85,000
    Expenses
    $107,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,406
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $90,000
    Expenses
    $181,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,769
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $113,433
    Expenses
    $150,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,110
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $474,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,313
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $315,000
    Expenses
    $25,093
    Assets (EOY)
    $615,481
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $245,000
    Expenses
    $27,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $300,481
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $265,000
    Expenses
    $262,261
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,503
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $100,000
    Expenses
    $38,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,804

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

  • OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND INC

    $75,000

    2022 TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

  • SENATE MAJORITY PAC

    $75,000

    2022 TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

  • 2024 ELECTIONEERING

  • Garden State Success Inc

    $50,000

    2023 To support activities

  • HOUSE MAJORITY PAC

    $40,000

    2024 ELECTIONEERING

  • CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND

    $40,000

    2024 ELECTIONEERING

  • SENATE MAJORITY PAC

    $30,000

    2024 ELECTIONEERING

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT ACTION PLAN

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF ACTION PLAN

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT C4 ACTIVITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.