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CONSUMER ACTION FOR A STRONG ECONOMY INC

EIN 81-4138103 ALEXANDRIA, VA

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Revenue 2024
$3,277,125
Expenses 2024
$3,389,819

Program services were 97.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
S21
Classification
3000
Street
1800 DIAGONAL RD 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).

Other organizations at this address

16 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 600). 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

CASE IS COMMITTED TO SERVING AS THE VOICE OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND WAGE-EARNERS BY ADVOCATING STRONGLY FOR FREE-MARKETS, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REASONABLE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. THROUGH THESE TIME-TESTED PRINCIPLES, CASE AIMS TO CREATE MORE PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY AMERICAN. CASE IS FURTHER WORKING TO FILL THE VOID OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WHO LARGELY IGNORE FREE-MARKET SOLUTIONS AND LEAN HEAVILY TOWARD MORE GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND CONTROL OVER OUR NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES. AS AN AGGRESSIVE AND VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR LESS GOVERNMNET INTERFERENCE WITH AMERICAN ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY, CASE SEEKS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF U.S. CONSUMERS THROUGH COMMON-SENSE POLICIES THAT ALLOW OUR ECONOMY TO INNOVATE AND EXPAND. GIVING CONSUMERS MORE FREEDOM, GREATER CHOICES, MORE PURCHASING OPTIONS, AT LESS COST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVOTED TO PROMOTING CONSUMER INTERESTS THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF FREE-MARKET PRINCIPLES.

  • AFTER YEARS OF COVID-RESTRAINED OPERATIONS, CASE WAS ABLE TO FULLY RAMP UP AGAIN AND EXECUTE ITS EXTENSIVE ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF U.S. CONSUMERS. CASE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE ON NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND STATE-BASED PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIA CHANNELS, PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING PIVOTAL ISSUE ANALYSES SERVING AS INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES FOR CONSUMERS, OPINION LEADERS, AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS. CASE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TAILORED AND CREATIVE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS VIA DIGITAL ADS, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, BLOGS, OP-EDS AND RADIO INTERVIEWS. IT ALSO CARRIED ON EXISTING ADVOCACY EFFORTS BY ENGAGING FEDERAL AND STATE LAWMAKERS AND THEIR STAFFS IN SUPPORT OF FREE-MARKET SOLUTIONS ON CRITICAL CONSUMER ISSUES. THIS ADVOCACY CONTINUED TO PRODUCE MAJOR POLICY VICTORIES THAT FAVORABLY AFFECTED CONSUMERS AND THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

    Expenses $3,288,839

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Matthew Kandrach

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $223,482
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,482
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,482
    Filer's total
    $223,482

  • Gerard Scimeca

    CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $257,454
    From this org
    $240,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,454
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,454
    Filer's total
    $257,454

  • Allen Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $3,277,125
    Expenses
    $3,389,819
    Contributions
    $3,277,125
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,459,500
    Expenses
    $2,203,027
    Contributions
    $2,459,500
    Grants paid
    $1,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $580,000
    Expenses
    $774,527
    Contributions
    $580,000
    Grants paid
    $225,300

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
    $1,453,575
    Expenses
    $1,242,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $303,059

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,114,500
    Expenses
    $1,133,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,811

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,274,996
    Expenses
    $2,198,051
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,359

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,334,902
    Expenses
    $1,309,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,927

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $198,500
    Expenses
    $211,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,451

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $198,500
    Expenses
    $188,824
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,349

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 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Matthew Kandrach
Mailing address
2221 S CLARK STARLINGTON VA 22202

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 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

  • AMERICA'S PROMISE INC

    $225,000

    2022 CONSUMER AWARENESS

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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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.