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STATE POLICY NETWORK

EIN 57-0952531 ARLINGTON, VA

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Revenue 2025
$18,666,642
Expenses 2025
$23,630,803

Program services were 76.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R02
Classification
2000
Street
1500 WILSON BLVD STE 600

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 · 2025

Mission

STATE POLICY NETWORK'S (SPN) MISSION IS TO CATALYZE THRIVING, DURABLE FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN EVERY STATE, ANCHORED WITH HIGH-PERFORMING, INDEPENDENT THINK TANKS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CATALYZE THRIVING, DURABLE FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN EVERY STATE, ANCHORED WITH HIGH-PERFORMING INDEPENDENT THINK TANKS.

  • CATALYZE MULTI-STATE POLICY SOLUTIONS: SPN EMPOWERS A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT THINK TANKS TO COLLABORATE ON STATE AND COMMUNITY CHALLENGES, CONDUCT RIGOROUS RESEARCH, AND PROMOTE PROVEN POLICY SOLUTIONS NATIONWIDE. THROUGH STRATEGIC GRANTS, HANDS-ON SUPPORT, AND FOSTERING DEEP COLLABORATION AMONG STATE LEADERS, SPN ACCELERATES INNOVATIVE REFORMS THAT STRENGTHEN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICANS.

    Expenses $8,473,899 · Grants $4,201,369 · Revenue $368,863

  • BUILD AND STRENGTHEN STATE-BASED DURABLE FREEDOM INFRASTRUCTURE: THROUGH TARGETED TRAINING, COACHING, GRANTS, AND PEER-TO-PEER COLLABORATION, SPN ACCELERATES THE GROWTH AND IMPACT OF HIGH-PERFORMING STATE-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS. BY CONNECTING STATE LEADERS AND EQUIPPING THEM TO DEFEND FEDERALISM, ADVANCE FREE-MARKET REFORMS, AND CHAMPION COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, SPN ENSURES POLICY CHANGES TAKE ROOT, ENDURE, AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF AMERICANS.

    Expenses $5,275,694 · Grants $1,625,881 · Revenue $295,090

  • ADVANCE PRACTICAL FEDERALISM: SPN EQUIPS POLICYMAKERS WITH TRAINING, INFORMATION, AND PRACTICAL TOOLS TO RESIST FEDERAL OVERREACH AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TAILORED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. BY EMPOWERING STATES TO ACT AS LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY, SPN ENSURES POLICY DECISIONS ARE SHAPED BY THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THE CHALLENGES.

    Expenses $2,256,544 · Grants $265,000 · Revenue $73,773

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $2,150,193 · Grants $16,495

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Tracie J Sharp

    PRES & CEO TILL 9/25, CEO EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $487,953
    From this org
    $458,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,460
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $378,493
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,460
    Filer's total
    $487,953

  • Lawson Bader

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stanford D Swim

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hood

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrie Tynan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Coates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Meyerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bridgett G Wagner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Hoplin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Dauer

    CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER AS OF 09/25

    Total calculated
    $155,328
    From this org
    $146,782
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,546
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,782
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,746
    Filer's total
    $155,328

  • Emily McCallister

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $266,376
    From this org
    $256,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,245
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,131
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,245
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $266,376

  • Anthony Woodlief

    SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $322,546
    From this org
    $310,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,406
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,140
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $322,546

  • Rebecca Painter

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL 12/25

    Total calculated
    $330,321
    From this org
    $320,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,185
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,136
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $330,321

  • Kyle Hartz

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $274,919
    From this org
    $246,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,751
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,168
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,546
    Filer's total
    $274,919

  • Christina Pajak

    M.D. OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $230,975
    From this org
    $213,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,010
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,965
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,406
    Filer's total
    $230,975

  • Crystal Baker

    V.P. OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $237,600
    From this org
    $211,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,435
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,165
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,531
    Filer's total
    $237,600

  • Julia Burden

    VICE PRESIDENT OF EVENT STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $215,109
    From this org
    $207,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,004
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,105
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,004
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $215,109

  • Todd Davidson

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $207,831
    From this org
    $191,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,880
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,951
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,804
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,076
    Filer's total
    $207,831

  • Carl O Helstrom III

    FORMER CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $60,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $60,000

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $18,666,642
    Expenses
    $23,630,803
    Contributions
    $17,272,975
    Grants paid
    $6,108,745
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $25,248,859
    Expenses
    $22,465,803
    Contributions
    $23,754,997
    Grants paid
    $3,178,364
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $27,111,882
    Expenses
    $25,798,586
    Contributions
    $25,857,037
    Grants paid
    $7,050,672
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $21,031,105
    Expenses
    $21,083,831
    Contributions
    $20,358,409
    Grants paid
    $6,245,824

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
    $24,770,462
    Expenses
    $18,730,675
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,540,701

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,787,030
    Expenses
    $12,298,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,289,150

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,950,337
    Expenses
    $14,929,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,064,699

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,815,406
    Expenses
    $13,326,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,902,563

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,270,262
    Expenses
    $12,797,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,529,538

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,345,444
    Expenses
    $10,426,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,903,399

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,480,183
    Expenses
    $8,794,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,323,739

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,055,213
    Expenses
    $7,625,250
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,857,457

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,543,244
    Expenses
    $7,052,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,048,853

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,471,560
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,766,649

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.