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PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

EIN 27-1763901 SHERMAN OAKS, CA

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Revenue 2025
$76,572,101
Expenses 2025
$69,613,734

Program services were 74.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
15021 VENTURA BLVD 552

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

PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ("PRAGERU") IS THE WORLD'S LEADING CONSERVATIVE NONPROFIT THAT IS FOCUSED ON CHANGING MINDS. WE PROMOTE AMERICAN, JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES THROUGH THE CREATIVE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE PROMOTE AMERICAN VALUES THROUGH THE CREATIVE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA.

  • PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ("PRAGERU") IS THE WORLD'S LEADING CONSERVATIVE NONPROFIT THAT IS FOCUSED ON CHANGING MINDS. WE PROMOTE AMERICAN, JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES THROUGH THE CREATIVE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA, AS OUR MISSION. TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WE EDUCATE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE VALUES THAT MAKE AMERICA GREAT. OUR VISION IS A WORLD COMMITTED TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. OUR PRIMARY PROGRAM IS MARKETING AND PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR ALL AGES, 4-104, WITH A FOCUS ON A PRO-AMERICAN, JUDEO-CHRISTIAN MESSAGE.

    Expenses $51,605,882 · Revenue $408,496

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.

  • Mike Colby

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Quinn

    TREASURER (FROM 1/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Hutt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Blumberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Bengard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Beck

    TREASURER (TO 1/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Walsh

    DIRECTOR (TO 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Schowalter

    SECRETARY (TO 3/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marissa Streit

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,031,315
    From this org
    $988,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,465
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $738,851
    Bonus
    $249,999
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,465
    Filer's total
    $1,031,315

  • Layne Thrasher

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $491,064
    From this org
    $459,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,421
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,643
    Bonus
    $110,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,421
    Filer's total
    $491,064

  • Craig Strazzeri

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $483,766
    From this org
    $443,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,666
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,100
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,666
    Filer's total
    $483,766

  • Allen Estrin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $365,957
    From this org
    $355,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,957
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $305,000
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $332
    Filer's total
    $365,957

  • Daniel Sanders

    CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $333,803
    From this org
    $314,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,298
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,505
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,848
    Filer's total
    $333,803

  • Katherine Patrykus

    CO-HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $257,789
    From this org
    $238,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,959
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,000
    Bonus
    $53,830
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,559
    Filer's total
    $257,789

  • Rachel Ochoa

    CO-HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $253,841
    From this org
    $218,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,768
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,243
    Bonus
    $39,830
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,790
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,978
    Filer's total
    $253,841

  • Dana Fishman

    HEAD OF PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $234,450
    From this org
    $212,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,311
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,000
    Bonus
    $22,139
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,728
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,583
    Filer's total
    $234,450

  • Lara Erman

    HEAD OF PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $219,037
    From this org
    $198,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,590
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $18,447
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,583
    Filer's total
    $219,037

  • Michael Mirch

    HEAD OF CREATIVE

    Total calculated
    $264,241
    From this org
    $218,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,638
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,927
    Bonus
    $34,676
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,781
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,857
    Filer's total
    $264,241

  • Dzana Homan

    VP, KIDS

    Total calculated
    $233,121
    From this org
    $198,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,908
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,420
    Bonus
    $19,793
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,288
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,620
    Filer's total
    $233,121

  • David Prager

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $523,616
    From this org
    $473,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,575
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $390,041
    Bonus
    $83,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,575
    Filer's total
    $523,616

  • Lucy Werner

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $238,664
    From this org
    $236,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,603
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,750
    Bonus
    $47,311
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,361
    Nontaxable benefits
    $242
    Filer's total
    $238,664

  • Alexander Jimenez

    VP, DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $264,747
    From this org
    $227,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,420
    Bonus
    $24,522
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,071
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,734
    Filer's total
    $264,747

  • Aaron Flajsing

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $268,692
    From this org
    $222,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,385
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,477
    Bonus
    $33,830
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,355
    Filer's total
    $268,692

  • Mark Kawamoto

    VP, PERFORMANCE MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $241,346
    From this org
    $208,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,420
    Bonus
    $14,830
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,556
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,540
    Filer's total
    $241,346

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
    $76,572,101
    Expenses
    $69,613,734
    Contributions
    $73,393,250
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $69,710,136
    Expenses
    $68,504,503
    Contributions
    $66,693,281
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $68,678,838
    Expenses
    $55,423,938
    Contributions
    $66,561,915
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $65,499,557
    Expenses
    $45,455,077
    Contributions
    $65,180,092
    Grants paid
    $10,000

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

  • 2025 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,634,743
    Expenses
    $32,909,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,851,949

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,634,743
    Expenses
    $32,909,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,851,949

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,188,194
    Expenses
    $20,514,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,941,460

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,807,760
    Expenses
    $17,066,980
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,527,558

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.

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 11 November 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.