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POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

EIN 36-3193323 SOMERVILLE, MA

Revenue 2023
$4,692,441
Expenses 2023
$4,397,512

Program services were 65.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V24Z
Classification
2000
Street
1310 BROADWAY

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE THINK TANK DEVOTED TO SUPPORTING MOVEMENTS THAT ARE BUILDING A MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. WE EXPOSE MOVEMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND IDEOLOGIES THAT UNDERMINE HUMAN RIGHTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC INTERESTED IN ISSUES INVOLVING THE POLITICAL RIGHT.

  • POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IS A NONPROFIT SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH AND STRATEGY CENTER DEDICATED TO BLOCKING THE ADVANCE OF OPPRESSIVE, ANTI-DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS, AND TO BUILDING A JUST AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. OVER THE PAST 4 DECADES, PRA HAS RESEARCHED, MONITORED, AND PUBLICIZED THE AGENDA AND STRATEGIES OF THE U.S. AND GLOBAL RIGHT, REVEALING THE POWERFUL INTERSECTIONS OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM, WHITE NATIONALISM, AND PATRIARCHY.PRA PRODUCES INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, ARTICLES, AND TOOLS; PUBLISHES THE PEER-REVIEWED MAGAZINE THE PUBLIC EYE; ADVISES SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT ORGANIZERS; AND OFFERS EXPERT COMMENTARY FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. OUR CORE ISSUE AREAS SPAN REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, LGBTQ RIGHTS, RACIAL AND IMMIGRANT JUSTICE, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.VISION: POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES ENVISIONS A JUST AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY FREE FROM OPPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION A SOCIETY IN WHICH SUPREMACIST AND AUTHORITARIAN FORCES NO LONGER WIELD SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL OR POLITICAL POWER.PRA'S CORE VALUES: PRA CONDUCTS RESEARCH OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND METHODOLOGICAL RIGOR, AND IS COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS READILY AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. OUR WORK IS EVEN-HANDED, FACT-BASED, RELIABLE, AND NOT OVER-DRAMATIZED. OUR COMMITMENT TO MUTUAL RESPECT MEANS THAT IN OUR WORK, WE DO NOT CARICATURE OR DEMONIZE THE FOLLOWERS OF RIGHT-WING ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE RECOGNIZE THE ABILITIES OF THE MOVEMENT'S LEADERSHIP. OUR INTEGRITY DEMANDS THAT WE SPEAK THE TRUTH AS WE PERCEIVE IT WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, AND REMAIN INDEPENDENT OF FORCES THAT WOULD STIFLE THIS VOICE. PRA'S PROGRESSIVE ANALYSIS AND CRITIQUE DERIVES FROM A DEEP DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND AND ELIMINATE THE ROOT CAUSE OF OPPRESSION; IN THIS SENSE PRA PREFERS TO WORK WITH SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WITH A FUNDAMENTAL SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS.

    Expenses $2,879,943 · Revenue $11,070

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TARSO RAMOS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EX-OFF

    Total calculated
    $172,685
    From this org
    $155,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,416
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,269
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,989
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,427
    Filer's total
    $172,685

  • ANNMARIE O'CONNOR

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,308
    From this org
    $134,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,404
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,904
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,977
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,427
    Filer's total
    $151,308

  • ORLISHA FOX

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,078
    From this org
    $133,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,825
    Hours/week
    32

  • STEVEN GARDINER

    PRICIPAL RESEARCH ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $135,604
    From this org
    $108,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,192
    Hours/week
    32

  • KATHERINE ACEY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ORSON MOON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KEVIN BRUYNEEL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SAQIB BHATTI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FATEMA AHMAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARIN MROTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA BURNHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SERENA SEBRING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHEL HERZING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,692,441
    Expenses
    $4,397,512
    Contributions
    $4,628,153
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,417,475
    Expenses
    $3,525,136
    Contributions
    $2,070,999
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,818,345
    Expenses
    $2,504,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,771,294

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,433,769
    Expenses
    $2,201,953
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,395,082

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,822,861
    Expenses
    $1,748,364
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,305,209

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,659,450
    Expenses
    $1,669,381
    Assets (EOY)
    $991,054

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,784,411
    Expenses
    $1,409,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,038,417

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,199,206
    Expenses
    $852,815
    Assets (EOY)
    $611,677

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $504,806
    Expenses
    $798,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $238,356

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,060,487
    Expenses
    $855,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $536,354

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $724,546
    Expenses
    $828,932
    Assets (EOY)
    $331,397

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $853,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $415,449

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 13 October 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 registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.