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KABOOM INC

EIN 52-1970904 BETHESDA, MD

Revenue 2024
$21,542,394
Expenses 2024
$23,594,205

Program services were 91.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N320
Classification
1200
Street
7200 WISCONSIN AVE

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

KABOOM!, INC., WHICH WE REFER TO AS KABOOM!, IS THE NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT WORKS TO END PLAYSPACE INEQUITY BY UNITING WITH COMMUNITIES TO BUILD KID-DESIGNED PLAYSPACES THAT CAN SPARK JOY AND FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE OFTEN DENIED OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

KABOOM!, INC. IS THE NATIONAL NONPROFIT, THAT WORKS TO END PLAYSPACE INEQUITY. SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • DIRECT IMPACT OFFERINGS - KABOOM! SEEKS TO END PLAYSPACE INEQUITY BY ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF PLACES TO PLAY. KABOOM! PLAYSPACES INCLUDE PLAYSPACE PROJECTS (PLAYGROUNDS, MULTISPORT COURTS, AND ADVENTURE COURSES) AND PLAY EVERYWHERE GRANTS, EACH DESIGNED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITIES KABOOM! WORKS ALONGSIDE. SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $19,938,134 · Grants $261,035 · Revenue $8,021,365

  • THOUGHT LEADERSHIP - THROUGH MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES, CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AND DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FUNDERS, CITY LEADERS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDER. KABOOM! SEEKS TO LEAD THE CONVERSATION AND DRIVE COMMUNICATIONS TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF PLAYSPACES AS AN EQUITY ISSUE AND TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE. SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $1,619,354 · Revenue $52,000

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.

  • LYNN M ROSS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LADAN MANTEGHI

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIC WAYNE

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • NATALIE VEGA O'NEIL

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • MICHAEL ARATEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEWEL JAMES SIMMONS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • VINCENT J LUMIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIFFANY MANUEL PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIC ROTHMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.75

  • LYSA RATLIFF

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $440,314
    From this org
    $421,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,677
    Hours/week
    53

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $344,910
    Bonus
    $76,727
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,453
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,224
    Filer's total
    $440,314

  • GEORGE MEGAS

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $301,571
    From this org
    $261,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,340
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,551
    Bonus
    $46,680
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,097
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,243
    Filer's total
    $301,571

  • CAREY PALMQUIST

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $226,419
    From this org
    $206,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,541
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,108
    Bonus
    $44,770
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,891
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,650
    Filer's total
    $226,419

  • JAMES SIEGAL

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $256,978
    From this org
    $210,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,812
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,166
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,612
    Filer's total
    $256,978

  • CARLYNE CARDICHON

    VP FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $277,294
    From this org
    $229,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,600
    Hours/week
    49

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,694
    Bonus
    $41,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,857
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,743
    Filer's total
    $277,294

  • RONDA JACKSON

    VP POLICY, ADVOCACY & IMPA

    Total calculated
    $244,253
    From this org
    $220,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,598
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,160
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,495
    Filer's total
    $244,253

  • DANIELLE TURNAGE

    VP PROGRAM OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $234,906
    From this org
    $211,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,768
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,912
    Bonus
    $35,226
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,896
    Filer's total
    $234,906

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
    $21,542,394
    Expenses
    $23,594,205
    Contributions
    $12,229,920
    Grants paid
    $261,035
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $21,464,465
    Expenses
    $25,061,925
    Contributions
    $11,041,589
    Grants paid
    $747,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,775,995
    Expenses
    $17,558,280
    Contributions
    $6,087,900
    Grants paid
    $145,083

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
    $27,499,929
    Expenses
    $12,499,805
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,837,191

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,487,395
    Expenses
    $16,066,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,109,147

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,590,339
    Expenses
    $26,878,539
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,913,729

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.