- Revenue 2025
- $3,081,742
- Expenses 2025
- $3,221,238
Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- E05
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 4201 WILSON BLVD SUITE 0805
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
THE ORGANIZATION IS A HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS AND INFORM THE PUBLIC THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, AND DATA. THE INSTITUTE AIMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY BY EMPOWERING PATIENTS, EXPANDING COMPETITION, INCREASING INNOVATION, AND REFORMING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
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PARAGON CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES CONCERNING HEALTH POLICY, NOTABLY MEDICAID, MEDICARE, PRIVATE HEALTH, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK IS PRODUCED IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS, INCLUDING PRINTED AND DIGITAL RESEARCH PAPERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, INFOGRAPHICS, AND WEBSITE POSTS. PARAGON'S EXPERTS ALSO EDUCATE AUDIENCES VIA APPEARANCES ON TV AND RADIO, AND DURING IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL BRIEFINGS, LECTURES, PANELS, AND TESTIMONIES.
Expenses $2,738,405 · Grants $12,500
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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Joseph GroganJOSEPH GROGAN
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lester ShannonLESTER SHANNON
BOARD SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Daniel RothschildDANIEL ROTHSCHILD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Christina SandefurCHRISTINA SANDEFUR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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David SteffyDAVID STEFFY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brian BlaseBRIAN BLASE
PRESIDENT/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $529,610
- From this org
- $490,080
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,530
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $465,080
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,702
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,828
- Filer's total
- $529,610
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Matthew RobinsonMATTHEW ROBINSON
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $189,068
- From this org
- $175,304
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,764
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $175,304
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,259
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,505
- Filer's total
- $189,068
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Ryan Longdir Of CongressionalRYAN LONGDIR OF CONGRESSIONAL
RELATIONS & SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
- Total calculated
- $302,772
- From this org
- $286,535
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,237
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $276,535
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,237
- Filer's total
- $302,772
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Anthony WojtkowiakANTHONY WOJTKOWIAK
DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS & OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $172,977
- From this org
- $160,745
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,232
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $154,245
- Bonus
- $6,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,822
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,410
- Filer's total
- $172,977
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Jackson HammondJACKSON HAMMOND
SENIOR POLICY ANALYST
- Total calculated
- $138,003
- From this org
- $127,042
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,961
- Hours/week
- 40
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Gabrielle KaliszGABRIELLE KALISZ
PROGRAM MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $133,519
- From this org
- $125,396
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,123
- Hours/week
- 40
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Christopher MedranoCHRISTOPHER MEDRANO
LEGAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT
- Total calculated
- $108,500
- From this org
- $108,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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
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2025
- Revenue
- $3,081,742
- Expenses
- $3,221,238
- Contributions
- $2,872,567
- Grants paid
- $12,500
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,370,102
- Expenses
- $2,822,535
- Contributions
- $4,195,580
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,084,202
- Expenses
- $2,387,806
- Contributions
- $1,966,147
- Grants paid
- $3,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,084,202
- Expenses
- $2,387,806
- Contributions
- $1,966,147
- Grants paid
- $3,000
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2022
- Revenue
- $4,045,870
- Expenses
- $1,624,067
- Contributions
- $4,045,451
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,950,135
- Expenses
- $204,687
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,792,191
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
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$12,500
2025 GENERAL SUPPPORT
Grants received
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$1,000,000
2024 General Support
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$1,000,000
2022 General Support
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ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$250,000
2023 HEALTH AND WELLNESS
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.