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FDD ACTION

EIN 83-2602916 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$1,775,956
Expenses 2024
$2,094,156

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
S01
Classification
3000
Street
1800 M ST NW STE 800S

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 800S). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FDD Action is a non-profit, non-partisan 504(c)4 organization established to advocate for effective policies to promote U.S. National Security and defend free nations.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Advocate for effective policies to promote U.S. national security and defend free nations.

  • Provide policy analysis and advocacy to promote effective policies to strengthen U.S. National Security and defend free nations.

    Expenses $2,001,448

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Clifford May

    President

    Total calculated
    $844,320
    From this org
    $704
    From related orgs
    $793,905
    Other
    $49,711
    Hours/week
    2 + 60 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $704 + $439,412 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $322,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $31,993 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $39,361 related
    Filer's total
    $704 + $843,616 related

  • Lawrence Muscant

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $552,839
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $512,378
    Other
    $40,461
    Hours/week
    2 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $339,612 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $150,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $22,766 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,111 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $552,839 related

  • William McCarthy

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $567,834
    From this org
    $4,627
    From related orgs
    $548,961
    Other
    $14,246
    Hours/week
    2 + 48 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $4,627 + $394,219 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $150,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,742 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,896 related
    Filer's total
    $4,627 + $563,207 related

  • Toby Dershowitz

    SVP / Managing Dir (Q4)

    Total calculated
    $616,776
    From this org
    $572,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,296
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $360,000
    Bonus
    $187,500
    Other
    $24,980
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,946
    Filer's total
    $616,776

  • Matthew Zweig

    Senior Director of Policy

    Total calculated
    $292,958
    From this org
    $227,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,058
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,950
    Bonus
    $22,500
    Other
    $450
    Deferred
    $6,989
    Nontaxable benefits
    $58,069
    Filer's total
    $292,958

  • Nicholas Stewart

    Senior Dir of Government Relations

    Total calculated
    $230,057
    From this org
    $205,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,808
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $240
    Deferred
    $6,151
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,858
    Filer's total
    $230,057

  • Tyler Stapleton

    Dir of Congressional Relations

    Total calculated
    $179,129
    From this org
    $149,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,595
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $253
    Deferred
    $4,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,285
    Filer's total
    $179,129

  • Connor Pfeiffer

    Dir of Congressional Relations

    Total calculated
    $153,869
    From this org
    $130,932
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,190
    Bonus
    $4,583
    Other
    $159
    Deferred
    $3,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,910
    Filer's total
    $153,869

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
    $1,775,956
    Expenses
    $2,094,156
    Contributions
    $1,773,593
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,106,163
    Expenses
    $1,183,753
    Contributions
    $1,105,847
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $745,854
    Expenses
    $713,817
    Contributions
    $745,664
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $980,369
    Expenses
    $528,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $446,838

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $466,600
    Expenses
    $510,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,871

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $230,000
    Expenses
    $166,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,104

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
Principal officer
William McCarthy
Mailing address
1800 M STREET NW NO 800SWASHINGTON DC 20036

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.