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AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION

EIN 33-1137541 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$58,642,994
Expenses 2024
$52,360,305

Program services were 95.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99
Classification
1000
Street
800 MAINE AVE SW

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 MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO FOSTER STRONG, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM THAT HELPS CREATE POSITIVE SOCIETAL CHANGE THROUGH INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PROGRESSIVE ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS FACTUAL JOURNALISM THAT ARMS THE PUBLIC WITH THE TRUTHS NEEDED TO HOLD INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIONS OR POLICIES THAT RUN COUNTER TO PROGRESSIVE VALUES.

    Expenses $49,972,523 · Grants $33,390,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • DAVID BENNAHUM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANKIT DESAI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTORIA HOPPER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID JOLLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLOS MARROQUIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICCO MELE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL APER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PILAR MARTINEZ

    DIRECTOR, CFO

    Total calculated
    $59,500
    From this org
    $59,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOE CONASON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $101,167
    From this org
    $101,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DHANYA ADDANKI

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $152,626
    From this org
    $140,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,226
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,212
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,014
    Filer's total
    $152,626

  • JESSICA STANDAFER BOLLES

    DIGITAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,189
    From this org
    $131,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,017
    Hours/week
    40

  • EMILY SINGER

    SENIOR REPORTER

    Total calculated
    $126,595
    From this org
    $108,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,230
    Hours/week
    40

  • DANIEL J CAMACHO

    SENIOR EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $112,992
    From this org
    $101,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,072
    Hours/week
    40

  • KAREN L FREUND

    EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $125,248
    From this org
    $101,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,484
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOSHUA E ISRAEL

    SENIOR WRITER

    Total calculated
    $116,648
    From this org
    $101,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,884
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $58,642,994
    Expenses
    $52,360,305
    Contributions
    $58,709,188
    Grants paid
    $33,390,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $18,423,509
    Expenses
    $16,208,068
    Contributions
    $18,422,779
    Grants paid
    $8,172,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,134,884
    Expenses
    $22,550,443
    Contributions
    $26,126,383
    Grants paid
    $18,255,000

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,909,163
    Expenses
    $4,111,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,222,309

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,103,769
    Expenses
    $2,022,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $592,311

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,322,183
    Expenses
    $1,535,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $280,384

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $50,038
    Expenses
    $175,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,518

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $248,114
    Expenses
    $139,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,639

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $300,643
    Expenses
    $391,495
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,403

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,516,712
    Expenses
    $1,356,808
    Assets (EOY)
    $433,704

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,568,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $987,802

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.

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.