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DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

EIN 52-1516692 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$11,950,037
Expenses 2024
$12,005,399

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F20Z
Classification
1200
Street
131 W 33RD STREET 15TH FLOOR

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.

  • DEREK OSCAR HODEL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • ANTONIA WALTERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAMELA G LICHTY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • MARY BASSETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUAN CARTAGENA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • HELENA HANSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEJANDRO MADRAZO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SVANTE MYRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LETICIA PEGUERO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEMBA SMITH PRADIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSIAH RICH MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEX SOROS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HILDA VEGA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KASSANDRA FREDERIQUE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $323,198
    From this org
    $278,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,444
    Hours/week
    40 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,619
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $135
    Deferred
    $28,066
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,378
    Filer's total
    $323,198

  • MELISSA GARCIA

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,123
    From this org
    $98,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,715
    Hours/week
    40 + 8 related

  • PAUL DANA

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, DEV. & POL. STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $285,784
    From this org
    $227,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,788
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $135
    Deferred
    $19,983
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,805
    Filer's total
    $285,784

  • LIBERO DELLA PIANA

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, ORG & STRATEGIC

    Total calculated
    $234,385
    From this org
    $198,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,262
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,778
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $345
    Deferred
    $2,858
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,404
    Filer's total
    $234,385

  • BRIAN PACHECO

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, COMMS & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $240,124
    From this org
    $195,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,364
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,225
    Bonus
    $7,400
    Other
    $135
    Deferred
    $18,824
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,540
    Filer's total
    $240,124

  • LINDSAY LASALLE

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, POLICY

    Total calculated
    $261,780
    From this org
    $193,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,533
    Bonus
    $7,627
    Other
    $150
    Deferred
    $19,401
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,069
    Filer's total
    $261,780

  • JULES NETHERLAND

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, DRAE

    Total calculated
    $225,259
    From this org
    $189,836
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,191
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $645
    Deferred
    $19,116
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,307
    Filer's total
    $225,259

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,950,037
    Expenses
    $12,005,399
    Contributions
    $11,695,057
    Grants paid
    $598,250
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,210,070
    Expenses
    $13,112,996
    Contributions
    $12,139,492
    Grants paid
    $540,219
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,609,731
    Expenses
    $10,589,590
    Contributions
    $10,435,208
    Grants paid
    $485,907

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

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 2024 return

  • DRUG POLICY ACTION

    501(C)(4) · PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR DRUG POLICY REFORM · DC · controlled entity

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.