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POLARIS PROJECT

EIN 03-0391561 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$11,051,294
Expenses 2024
$13,221,347

Program services were 70.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q70
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 65323

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.

  • JEAN GILBERT

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ELIZABETH KIEHNER

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA GOLLAYAN

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SUSAN COPPEDGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BORIS GARTNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TANYA GOULD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA HERRERA-FLANIGAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANGEETA NAIK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FREDERICK REYNOLDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGEL SWIFT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH TAKATANI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROY AUSTIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE CHEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $257,135
    From this org
    $238,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,583
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,552
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,166
    Filer's total
    $257,135

  • PATRICK MCINTRE

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $213,705
    From this org
    $196,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,004
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,701
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,212
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,792
    Filer's total
    $213,705

  • ALFONSO WRIGHT

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $198,845
    From this org
    $193,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,421
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,304
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,117
    Filer's total
    $198,845

  • MICHELLE NICHOLSON

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $207,505
    From this org
    $193,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,159
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,166
    Filer's total
    $207,505

  • JENNIFER JUNKS

    CHIEF STRATEGY & IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,390
    From this org
    $154,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,935
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,455
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,317
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,618
    Filer's total
    $161,390

  • SARA WOLDEHANNA

    DIRECTOR, LIDS

    Total calculated
    $183,123
    From this org
    $144,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,467
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,656
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,096
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,371
    Filer's total
    $183,123

  • MEGAN CUTTER

    DIRECTOR, NATIONAL HOTLINE

    Total calculated
    $155,154
    From this org
    $138,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,246
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,908
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,166
    Filer's total
    $155,154

  • MARGO KELLY

    DIRECTOR, FOUNDATION RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $163,463
    From this org
    $137,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,439
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,024
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,409
    Filer's total
    $163,463

  • FORREST JACOBS

    DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $146,121
    From this org
    $128,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,064
    Hours/week
    50

  • FRANS KLINKENBERGH

    DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $127,303
    From this org
    $123,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,407
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $11,051,294
    Expenses
    $13,221,347
    Contributions
    $11,013,014
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,212,332
    Expenses
    $14,954,213
    Contributions
    $10,055,315
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,769,645
    Expenses
    $14,482,007
    Contributions
    $14,708,089
    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.

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

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 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.