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COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS

EIN 36-6000818 LEXINGTON, KY

Revenue 2023
$65,359,734
Expenses 2023
$60,054,293

Program services were 88.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1776 AVENUE OF THE STATES

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 5186), covering 4 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

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.

  • DAVID ADKINS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $582,042
    From this org
    $369,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $212,473
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $369,569
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $166,547
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,926
    Filer's total
    $582,042

  • MEGAN QUATTLEBAUM

    DIRECTOR OF JUSTICE CENTER

    Total calculated
    $355,783
    From this org
    $301,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,718
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,065
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,749
    Filer's total
    $355,783

  • MARSHALL CLEMENT

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF JUSTICE CENTER

    Total calculated
    $273,872
    From this org
    $238,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,418
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,454
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,717
    Filer's total
    $273,872

  • JESSICA SAUNDERS

    RESEARCH DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $295,676
    From this org
    $257,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,809
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,867
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,000
    Deferred
    $19,573
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,236
    Filer's total
    $295,676

  • SANDRA JAMET

    DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $239,194
    From this org
    $215,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,444
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,123
    Filer's total
    $239,194

  • KENYA SALAUDEEN

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES & TALENT ACQUISITION

    Total calculated
    $248,036
    From this org
    $212,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,446
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,590
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,829
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,617
    Filer's total
    $248,036

  • HEATHER SHAFFER

    CHIEF FISCAL STRATEGIST

    Total calculated
    $244,697
    From this org
    $203,401
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,296
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,401
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,088
    Filer's total
    $244,697

  • EDGAR RUIZ

    DIRECTOR OF WEST

    Total calculated
    $238,689
    From this org
    $196,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,090
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,599
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,967
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,123
    Filer's total
    $238,689

  • DAVID BIETTE

    DIRECTOR OF EAST/EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE

    Total calculated
    $206,197
    From this org
    $168,233
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,233
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,114
    Filer's total
    $206,197

  • RACHEL GRAY

    DIRECTOR OF SOUTH

    Total calculated
    $195,947
    From this org
    $165,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,990
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,786
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,204
    Filer's total
    $195,947

  • LAURA TOMAKA

    DIRECTOR OF MIDWEST

    Total calculated
    $207,850
    From this org
    $159,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,049
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,801
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,658
    Filer's total
    $207,850

  • GOV JOE LOMBARDO

    NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REP KEVIN RYAN

    NATIONAL CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEN ELGIE SIMS

    NATIONAL CHAIR-ELECT AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE GIPSON

    NATIONAL VICE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEN JOAN BALLWEG

    IMMEDIATE PAST NATIONAL CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REP MARVIN ABNEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MIN LORI CARR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SEN BILL FERGUSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • REP BOB GODFREY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SEN BILL HANSELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • REP JULIA HOWARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KELLY HARDWICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • REP NATHANIEL LEDBETTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • REP JAVIER MARTINEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $65,359,734
    Expenses
    $60,054,293
    Contributions
    $45,547,217
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $65,322,311
    Expenses
    $57,636,903
    Contributions
    $44,991,599
    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 GROUP.

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.