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AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL

EIN 52-0140979 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$10,918,816
Expenses 2024
$10,637,140

Program services were 77.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W20C
Classification
2000
Street
2900 CRYSTAL DR STE 600

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

THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC) IS A FORUM FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND DEVELOP POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. ALEC'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE JEFFERSONIAN PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS AND FEDERALISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ASSIST STATE LAWMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC BY SHARING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL DATA.

  • TASK FORCES - ALEC'S POLICY TASK FORCES PROVIDE A FORUM FOR LEGISLATORS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DISCUSS ISSUES, DEVELOP POLICIES, AND DRAFT MODEL POLICY WHICH SERVES AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE. THE TASK FORCES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: AMERICAN CITY COUNCIL EXCHANGE; CIVIL JUSTICE; COMMERCE, INSURANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE; HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; FEDERALISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; TAX AND FISCAL POLICY; AND HOMELAND SECURITY. EACH TAX FORCE IS CO-CHAIRED BY A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBER OF ALEC.

    Expenses $3,365,998

  • CONFERENCES - ALEC HOLDS NATIONAL CONFERENCES, PROVIDING WORKSHOPS ON CURRENT ISSUES WITH LEADING EXPERTS, PUBLIC FIGURES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE TWO NATIONAL CONFERENCES HELD IN 2024 AND 2023 WERE THE ANNUAL MEETING AND STATES AND NATIONAL POLICY SUMMIT MEETING.

    Expenses $2,317,862 · Revenue $1,267,156

  • STATE OUTREACH - ALEC'S STATE OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT FOR QUALIFYING COSTS, PRINCIPALLY TRAVEL AND LODGING, OF STATE LEGISLATORS TO ATTEND VARIOUS CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS OF ALEC. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, ALEC ALSO WORKS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATIVE MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN ALEC. THIS PROGRAM ALSO ENCOMPASSES ALEC'S STATE EQUITY ALLIANCE WORK WHICH INCLUDES VOTER EDUCATION INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $1,203,421

  • PUBLIC AFFAIRS - ALEC CONDUCTS AN ON-GOING COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM THAT INTEGRATES ALL DEPARTMENTS OF ALEC TO PROMOTE POLICIES BASED ON FREE-MARKET, LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND FEDERALISM AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBERS. PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALSO EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON ALEC'S INSTITUTIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

    Expenses $689,101

  • MEMBERSHIP - MEMBERSHIP MANAGES THE PROGRAMS FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF ALEC STATE LEGISLATOR MEMBERS. THIS INCLUDES LIAISON WITH THE ALEC STATE CHAIRS AND PRIVATE SECTOR STATE CHAIRS. IN ADDITION, MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ALEC STATE CHAIRS IN ENSURING THAT MEMBERS OF ALEC'S LEADERSHIP ARE OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALEC'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

    Expenses $658,319 · Revenue $97,003

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.

  • Lisa Nelson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $527,789
    From this org
    $507,409
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,380
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $388,691
    Bonus
    $118,718
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $96
    Filer's total
    $527,789
  • Lisa Bowen

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $278,248
    From this org
    $241,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,030
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,218
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,640
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,390
    Filer's total
    $278,248
  • Jonathan Williams

    CHIEF ECONOMIST, EVP-POLICY

    Total calculated
    $272,208
    From this org
    $235,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,990
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,218
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,390
    Filer's total
    $272,208
  • Marie Vulaj

    VP-PARTNERSHIPS & ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $241,158
    From this org
    $205,288
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,870
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,288
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,470
    Filer's total
    $241,158
  • Lee Schalk

    VP - POLICY

    Total calculated
    $203,263
    From this org
    $168,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,310
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,953
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,470
    Filer's total
    $203,263
  • Courtney Cook

    VP - EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $191,600
    From this org
    $153,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,445
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,180
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,975
    Filer's total
    $191,600
  • Alex Hinson Director

    CORPORATE AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $126,405
    From this org
    $124,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,905
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amy Varner

    DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $120,619
    From this org
    $114,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,855
    Hours/week
    40
  • Senate President Ty Masterson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Representative Daniel Perez

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Patricia Rucker

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Jim Dotson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Demi Busatta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Phil King

    CEO APPOINTMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Stuart Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Jim Buck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Croft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Representative John Carson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Julie Daniels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Representative Sage Dixon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Representative Seth Grove

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lt Gover Winsome Earle-Sears

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Representative Matt Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Josh Harkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Senator Dan Laursen

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,918,816
    Expenses
    $10,637,140
    Contributions
    $9,508,430
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,289,177
    Expenses
    $11,218,844
    Contributions
    $9,913,510
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,104,204
    Expenses
    $9,480,356
    Contributions
    $9,054,508
    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
    $9,832,106
    Expenses
    $8,596,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,013,515
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,978,103
    Expenses
    $7,213,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,368,207

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

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 2024 return

  • JEFFERSONIAN PROJECT

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATE THE PUBLIC & GOV'T POLICY MAKERS BY PROVIDING NONPARTISAN RESEARCH · DC · controlled entity

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