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CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

EIN 23-7122879 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$12,592,547
Expenses 2024
$17,926,322

Program services were 84.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K050
Classification
8200
Street
1250 I ST NW STE 500

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.

  • MARY T BASSETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • PHYLLIS R LANTOS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • WILLIAM CORR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • DENISE M ELLIOTT

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • SUZANNE HESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • GIRIDHAR MALLYA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • MICHAEL A NUTTER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • DAVID ROUSSEAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • JANE SCHMITZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • WILLIAM SCHULTZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • LYNN SILVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 0.25 related

  • PETER LURIE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $314,417
    From this org
    $303,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,869
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,548
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,745
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,124
    Filer's total
    $314,417

  • MONICA WILSON

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $149,235
    From this org
    $143,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,146
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • BONNIE LIEBMAN

    DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION

    Total calculated
    $226,791
    From this org
    $217,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,889
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,057
    Deferred
    $7,038
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,807
    Filer's total
    $226,791

  • ANUPAMA JOSHI

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $240,096
    From this org
    $231,978
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,978
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,994
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,124
    Filer's total
    $240,096

  • SARA GHAITH

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,483
    From this org
    $203,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,867
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,616
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,790
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,077
    Filer's total
    $234,483

  • LISA MANKOFSKY

    DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $228,959
    From this org
    $197,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,905
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,672
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,382
    Filer's total
    $228,959

  • JENNIFER GREEN-HOLMES

    DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $223,086
    From this org
    $190,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,819
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,267
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,447
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,372
    Filer's total
    $223,086

  • JANE WELNA

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $210,308
    From this org
    $179,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,592
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,716
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,637
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,955
    Filer's total
    $210,308

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
    $12,592,547
    Expenses
    $17,926,322
    Contributions
    $11,403,487
    Grants paid
    $420,577
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,796,365
    Expenses
    $17,289,504
    Contributions
    $18,793,705
    Grants paid
    $1,379,627
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,181,828
    Expenses
    $18,005,982
    Contributions
    $14,742,670
    Grants paid
    $1,450,594

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

  • BAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES

    $182,780

    2023 DEVELOP THE POWER OF YOUTH ADVOCATES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND MAKE POLICY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE FOOD RETAIL LANDSCAPE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IN CALIFORNIA

  • INTERFAITH PUBLIC HEALTH NETWORK

    $138,500

    2023 COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORK IN SUPPORT OF NUTRIENT WARNING LABEL AND FOOD MARKETING POLICY CAMPAIGNS IN NEW YORK

  • THE CENTER FOR BLACK HEALTH & EQUITY

    $120,000

    2023 CAMPAIGN FOR PASSAGE OF A RESTAURANT MENU SODIUM DISCLOSURE POLICY IN CLEVELAND, OHIO

  • MARYLAND STATE CONFERENCE NAACP

    $114,813

    2022 CAMPAIGN FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, HEALTHY MEALS FOR KIDS BILL IN CHARLES AND HOWARD COUNTIES, AND SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY BILL (CB 1-22) IN MARYLAND

  • EQUITY ALLIANCE GROUP

    $90,750

    2023 SUPPORT ADVOCACY OF A HEALTHY FOOD RETAIL POLICY CAMPAIGN IN STOCKTON, CA

  • YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT

    $86,100

    2022 INCREASE ACCESS TO SNAP IN MICHIGAN THROUGH YOUTH ORGANIZING

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $84,409

    2022 ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF DOLLAR STORES IN BALTIMORE TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF POLICIES AFFECTING LOCAL RETAIL FOOD ENVIRONMENTS

  • KEEP YOUR FAITH CORPORATION INC

    $84,115

    2022 CAMPAIGN TO SECURE SNAP STRETCH FUNDING IN WEST VIRGINIA

  • REAL FOOD FOR KIDS

    $75,000

    2023 CONTINUE WORK TO SECURE A SNAP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAIVER IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA WITH A PRODUCE INCENTIVE/SSB DISINCENTIVE

  • MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND

    $75,000

    2023 MOBILIZE MOMS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL

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.

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

  • CSPI ACTION FUND

    501(C)(4) · ADVOCATING FOR GOVERNMENT POLOCIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY DIETS · DC · controlled entity

Declared as related by

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • TELEFUND LLC

    $3,090 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$10,787 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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.