PUBLIC CITIZEN INC

As filed

Subsection

04

NTEE code

W019

Classification

3000

Street

1600 20TH ST NW

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC

  EIN 52-1263996

• THE COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGUAR DS INC

  EIN 92-2826096

Mission and programs · 2024

• PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION - PUBLIC CITIZEN IS ACTIVE IN EVERY PUBLIC FORUM: CONGRESS, THE COURTS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE NEWS MEDIA. PUBLIC CITIZEN BELIEVES THAT FULL DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION EMPOWERS CITIZENS AND CONSUMERS. ALL OF PUBLIC CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS AIM TO MAKE INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, NUCLEAR WASTE AND REACTOR SAFETY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RELATED ISSUES ACCESSIBLE TO ORDINARY CITIZENS. IF NECESSARY, PUBLIC CITIZEN USES THE COURTS TO ENSURE FAIR ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

  Expenses $4,497,491 · Grants $188,500

• CONGRESS WATCH - THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO CURB THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIAL INTEREST DOLLARS THAT CORRUPT THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND PUBLICIZE CORPORATE WELFARE EXPENDITURES THAT LARD THE FEDERAL BUDGET, WORKS FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND TOUGH LOBBY REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, CHAMPIONS CONSUMER LEGISLATION INCLUDING AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY, LOBBIES TO STRENGTHEN HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.

  Expenses $1,717,214 · Grants $20,000

• GLOBAL TRADE WATCH - ACTING ON ITS BELIEF THAT SO CALLED "FREE TRADE" TREATIES COST U.S. JOBS, REDUCE WAGES, UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, AND JEOPARDIZE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL TRADE WATCH LEADS A NATIONAL COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSUMER, LABOR, RELIGIOUS, AND FAMILY FARM GROUPS UNITED AGAINST THE CORPORATE PUSH FOR GLOBALIZATION THROUGH TREATIES SUCH AS THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) AGREEMENTS.

  Expenses $1,108,240

• PUBLICATIONS - PUBLIC CITIZEN PUBLISHES PUBLIC CITIZEN NEWS, A BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THAT COVERS ALL THE ISSUES THE ORGANIZATION WORKS ON INCLUDING TRADE, HEALTH AND SAFETY, ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY.

  Expenses $323,694

• THE ENERGY PROGRAM - IS A POWERFUL VOICE IN THE MOVEMENT TO AVERTCATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE, DECREASE RELIANCE ON NUCLEAR AND FOSSILFUELS, AND TO PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DEVELOP RENEWABLE ENERGYSOURCES.

  Expenses $67,679

• ACCESS TO MEDICINES - PUBLIC CITIZEN'S ACCESS TO MEDICINES GROUP WORKS WITH PARTNERS WORLDWIDE TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SAVE LIVES, THROUGH USE OF PHARMACEUTICAL COST-LOWERING MEASURES INCLUDING GENERIC COMPETITION. THEY HELP CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES OVERCOME PATENT-BASED AND OTHER DRUG MONOPOLIES. THEIR WORK CHALLENGES BIG PHARMA'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER.

  Expenses $91,014

• PC TEXAS - PC TEXAS INFORMS TEXANS ON IMPORTANT ENERGY, TRADE, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, ETHICS, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILITY ISSUES.

  Expenses $876,379

• HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP

  Expenses $1,678

• LITIGATION GROUP

  Expenses $2,751

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.

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

  $16,605,449

  Expenses

  $11,835,209

  Contributions

  $15,980,308

  Grants paid

  $208,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,390,404

  Expenses

  $8,347,501

  Contributions

  $7,818,007

  Grants paid

  $13,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,728,329

  Expenses

  $7,135,504

  Contributions

  $5,359,088

  Grants paid

  $10,000

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

  $7,987,999

  Expenses

  $8,970,076

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,340,834

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,788,700

  Expenses

  $8,347,092

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,934,949

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,342,410

  Expenses

  $6,490,204

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,092,396

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,912,243

  Expenses

  $5,770,446

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,886,796

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,174,275

  Expenses

  $5,304,970

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,568,741

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,226,479

  Expenses

  $6,242,733

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,093,618

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,262,789

  Expenses

  $5,651,797

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,555,741

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,262,789

  Expenses

  $5,651,797

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,555,741

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,587,919

  Expenses

  $5,934,777

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,933,628

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,965,884

  Expenses

  $4,765,079

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,499,949

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• STAND UP AMERICA

  $66,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT RECIPEINT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• MOVEONORG

  $66,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT RECIPEINT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT RECIPEINT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• COALITION FOR SENSIBLE SAFEGAURDS

  $20,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT RECIPEINT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• MOVEONORG CIVIC ACTION

  $10,000

  2022 · SUPPORTING LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR PROGRESS

• ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH DBA MOVE TEXAS CIVIC FUND

  $6,000

  2023 · SUPPORTING LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR PROGRESS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $600,000

  2022 · Program support to advance democracy, accountability, and election security

• PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC

  $475,000

  2023 · RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF CONGRESS WATCH

• ADVOCACY ACTION FUND INC

  $450,000

  2023 · SUPPORT FOR REDUCTION IN METHANE EXPORTS AND CLIMATE PROTECTION POLICIES

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $400,000

  2023 · Program support for Democracy Protection

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $375,000

  2024 · Program support for Democracy Protection program

• Our American Future Action

  $250,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ADVOCACY ACTION FUND INC

  $150,000

  2024 · SUPPORT FOR ENERGY POLICY ADVOCACY

• WESTERN CONSERVATION ACTION

  $80,000

  2022 · CLEAN ENERGY SUPPORT

• WESTERN CONSERVATION ACTION

  $75,000

  2023 · CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCAC

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $50,000

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

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.

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