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THOMAS B FORDHAM INSTITUTE

EIN 31-1816446 BURKE, VA

Revenue 2024
$2,780,476
Expenses 2024
$3,935,524

Program services were 90.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B05
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 110

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.

  • Bruno V Manno

    Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Thomas A Holton

    Secretary and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Michael W Kelly

    Treasurer and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Ian Rowe

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Stefanie Sanford

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Caprice Young

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Rod Paige

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.25 related
  • Michael J Petrilli

    President and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $464,521
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $380,707
    Other
    $83,814
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $356,960 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $23,747 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $41,400 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $42,414 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $464,521 related
  • Chester E Finn Jr

    President Emeritus and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $267,150
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $235,708
    Other
    $31,442
    Hours/week
    46.5 + 3.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $235,708 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,960 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $482 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $267,150 related
  • Gary E LaBelle

    VP for Finance and Operations

    Total calculated
    $255,587
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $204,134
    Other
    $51,453
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $191,634 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $12,500 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,753 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $255,587 related
  • Amber M Northern

    Senior VP for Research

    Total calculated
    $346,699
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $283,785
    Other
    $62,914
    Hours/week
    48 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $268,785 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,714 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $346,699 related
  • Chad L Aldis

    VP for Ohio Policy and Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $316,752
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $257,946
    Other
    $58,806
    Hours/week
    49.5 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $245,946 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $12,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $29,880 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,926 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $316,752 related
  • Kathryn I Mullen

    VP for Sponsorship and Dayton Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $234,358
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $187,679
    Other
    $46,679
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $177,679 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,400 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,279 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $234,358 related
  • Adam B Tyner

    National Research Director

    Total calculated
    $161,212
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,671
    Other
    $34,541
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $120,171 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $6,500 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,300 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,241 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $161,212 related
  • Victoria Mcdougald

    Chief Of Staff

    Total calculated
    $166,545
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,906
    Other
    $39,639
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $118,906 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $8,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,839 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $166,545 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, 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
    $2,780,476
    Expenses
    $3,935,524
    Contributions
    $2,680,156
    Grants paid
    $5,750
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,104,202
    Expenses
    $3,862,453
    Contributions
    $1,986,481
    Grants paid
    $23,891
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,050,355
    Expenses
    $3,139,829
    Contributions
    $849,981
    Grants paid
    $2,000

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

  • CITY FUND

    $160,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL NEW ORGANIZATION TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED CHARTER POLICY AND THE GROWTH OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED BY HIGH QUALITY CHARTERS IN OHIO

  • 2024 CHARTER SCHOOL CAPACITY-BUILDING

  • 2024 TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION OF OHIOS CHARTER ADVOCACY ENVIRONMENT

  • CITY FUND

    $38,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION OF OHIOS CHARTER ADVOCACY ENVIRONMENT

  • 2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.