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AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION INC

EIN 83-3365782 JANESVILLE, WI

Revenue 2024
$767,869
Expenses 2024
$1,437,616

Program services were 71.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R19
Classification
1000
Street
101 S MAIN ST STE 300

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 · 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.

  • PAUL RYAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN BURKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEE STRONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CASEY HIGGINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERRICK DOCKERY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAKE KASTAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW SPETH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $322,009
    From this org
    $276,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,040
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,969
    Filer's total
    $322,009

  • KEVIN SEIFERT

    VICE PRESIDENT/SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $213,347
    From this org
    $194,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,304
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,280
    Filer's total
    $213,347

  • SUSAN JACOBSON

    TREASURER/DIR. OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $42,622
    From this org
    $30,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,368
    Hours/week
    25

  • PATRICIA GUSE

    SECRETARY/DIR. OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $89,871
    From this org
    $86,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,039
    Hours/week
    40

  • EDWARD MCCANN

    VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY & PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $168,811
    From this org
    $162,318
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,493
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,318
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,493
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,811

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
    $767,869
    Expenses
    $1,437,616
    Contributions
    $94,661
    Grants paid
    $350,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,672,433
    Expenses
    $1,587,824
    Contributions
    $1,395,563
    Grants paid
    $494,546
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $597,542
    Expenses
    $1,515,653
    Contributions
    $903,902
    Grants paid
    $325,000

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.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.