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CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION

EIN 52-1168592 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$1,506,664
Expenses 2024
$1,432,415

Program services were 67.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50Z
Classification
2000
Street
301 FORD HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 3203), covering 1 subordinate organization. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE AND RECOGNIZE SERVICE, INITIATIVE, AND ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA'S YOUTH. WE STRIVE TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE AND CARING CITIZENS. YOUNG PEOPLE REGISTER FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM AND SET PERSONALLY CHALLENGING GOALS IN FOUR PROGRAM AREAS VOLUNTARY PUBLIC SERVICE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EXPEDITION/EXPLORATION. THESE DIVERSE AREAS ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DISCOVER NEW TALENTS, LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND TO TAKE POSITIVE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE AND RECOGNIZE SERVICE, INITIATIVE, AND ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA'S YOUTH.

  • CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION: CONGRESSIONAL AWARDS ARE EARNED BY YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 24 YEARS OF AGE. IT REPRESENTS MORE THAN 4,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME THROUGH SELF-IMPROVEMENT EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. SALARIES ALLOCATED TO THE PROGRAM ARE FOR GUIDING, ADMINISTERING AND SUPPORTING MORE THAN 50,000 YOUTHS, THEIR ADVISORS, TEACHERS AND MENTORS.

    Expenses $972,323 · Revenue $482,493

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.

  • Erica W Heyse

    NATIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $205,097
    From this org
    $170,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,097
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,597
    Filer's total
    $205,097
  • Shawn Whitman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John Mason

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Laura O'Connor

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Edward L Blansitt III

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mayealie Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Merrill Eisenhower Atwater

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Marc Baer

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paxton Baker

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Simeon Banister

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Juan Banos

    DIRECTOR (INCOMING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brenda Becker

    DIRECTOR (INCOMING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Skip Braziel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Romero Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anne Bruce

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Amina Bulman

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cheri Bustos

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Nick Cannon

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anthony Crowell

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Vipul Dev

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Diane Dewhirst

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lindsey Dickinson

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kathy R Didawick

    DIRECTOR (OUTGOING FY25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Hon Debbie Dingell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mitchell Draizin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $1,506,664
    Expenses
    $1,432,415
    Contributions
    $1,068,363
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,195,119
    Expenses
    $1,396,402
    Contributions
    $1,042,284
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,314,327
    Expenses
    $1,295,201
    Contributions
    $1,262,295
    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
    $984,646
    Expenses
    $1,025,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $972,571
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $936,740
    Expenses
    $830,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,100,270
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,133,551
    Expenses
    $745,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $968,471
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $844,580
    Expenses
    $762,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $509,539
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $668,801
    Expenses
    $619,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $411,430
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $714,790
    Expenses
    $567,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $379,199
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $496,241
    Expenses
    $664,339
    Assets (EOY)
    $195,623
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $525,235
    Expenses
    $599,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $399,831
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $671,225
    Expenses
    $625,192
    Assets (EOY)
    $451,021

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2007

Tax period
1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008
Principal officer
Wiley Doobs
Mailing address
PO Box 484Boise ID 83701
Website
www.congressionalawardcouncilidaho.org
Doing business as
Congressional Award Council of Idaho

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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.

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 GROUP.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.