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THE AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE

EIN 52-0884503 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2023
$3,914,760
Expenses 2023
$2,195,349

Program services were 68.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J40Z
Classification
1000
Street
815 16TH 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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ELIZABETH H SCHULER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $382,351
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $280,616
    Other
    $101,735
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $272,250 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $8,366 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $65,340 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,395 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $382,351 related

  • FREDRICK REDMOND

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $338,951
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $245,600
    Other
    $93,351
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $238,975 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $6,625 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $57,354 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $35,997 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $338,951 related

  • TERRENCE MELVIN

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMANDA BALLANTYNE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $267,732
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,334
    Other
    $84,398
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $179,189 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $4,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $145 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $43,906 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $40,492 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $267,732 related

  • ELIZABETH WEISS

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,743
    From this org
    $67,743
    From related orgs
    $67,742
    Other
    $55,258
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $67,693 + $67,692 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $50 + $50 related
    Deferred
    $19,050 + $19,050 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,579 + $8,579 related
    Filer's total
    $95,372 + $95,371 related

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 — 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,914,760
    Expenses
    $2,195,349
    Contributions
    $3,904,536
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,639,178
    Expenses
    $1,840,500
    Contributions
    $1,639,178
    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.

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 2023 return

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 10 September 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.