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FREE PRESS ACTION FUND

EIN 04-3771598 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$890,009
Expenses 2025
$661,409

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
R01
Classification
1000
Street
1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW

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 · 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.

  • CRAIG AARON

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $215,525
    From this org
    $27,410
    From related orgs
    $155,324
    Other
    $32,791
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $27,410 + $155,324 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,619 + $9,177 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,299 + $18,696 related
    Filer's total
    $32,328 + $183,197 related

  • VANESSA CARDENAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • HENRY FERNANDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • VICTOR PICKARD

    DIRECTOR, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • HEIDI BEIRICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MARTHA FUENTES-BAUTISTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KIMBERLY LONGEY

    ASSISTANT TREASURER/ASSISTANT SECRETARY/COO/CFO

    Total calculated
    $199,825
    From this org
    $12,439
    From related orgs
    $165,264
    Other
    $22,122
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $12,439 + $165,264 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $741 + $9,846 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $807 + $10,728 related
    Filer's total
    $13,987 + $185,838 related

  • JESSICA GONZALES

    CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $211,818
    From this org
    $28,423
    From related orgs
    $161,064
    Other
    $22,331
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $28,423 + $161,064 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,619 + $9,177 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,730 + $9,805 related
    Filer's total
    $31,772 + $180,046 related

  • MATTHEW WOOD

    VP OF POLICY AND GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $208,445
    From this org
    $31,823
    From related orgs
    $144,969
    Other
    $31,653
    Hours/week
    7 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,823 + $144,969 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,738 + $7,920 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,959 + $18,036 related
    Filer's total
    $37,520 + $170,925 related

  • MISTY PEREZ TRUEDSON

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $205,160
    From this org
    $3,476
    From related orgs
    $170,312
    Other
    $31,372
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $3,476 + $170,312 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $188 + $9,189 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $440 + $21,555 related
    Filer's total
    $4,104 + $201,056 related

  • NORA BENAVIDEZ

    SENIOR COUNSEL AND DIRECTOR/DIGITAL JUSTICE AND CI

    Total calculated
    $159,939
    From this org
    $4,229
    From related orgs
    $136,740
    Other
    $18,970
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $4,229 + $136,740 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $223 + $7,212 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $346 + $11,189 related
    Filer's total
    $4,798 + $155,141 related

  • DUTCH COSMIAN

    SENIOR PRODUCT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,922
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $140,287
    Other
    $16,635
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $140,287 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,100 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,535 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $156,922 related

  • CANDACE CLEMENT

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,933
    From this org
    $15,071
    From related orgs
    $135,635
    Other
    $30,227
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $15,071 + $135,635 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $823 + $7,408 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,200 + $19,796 related
    Filer's total
    $18,094 + $162,839 related

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $890,009
    Expenses
    $661,409
    Contributions
    $866,300
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $470,620
    Expenses
    $766,570
    Contributions
    $449,566
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,368,578
    Expenses
    $966,746
    Contributions
    $1,352,976
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $788,443
    Expenses
    $593,149
    Contributions
    $784,951
    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.

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 2025 return

  • FREE PRESS

    501(C)(3) · RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON MEDIA REFORM · DC

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.