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FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC

EIN 45-2637507 NAPLES, FL

Revenue 2023
$16,026,708
Expenses 2023
$15,284,950

Program services were 91.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W20
Classification
2000
Street
15275 COLLIER BLVD STE 201 PMB 279

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 · 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.

  • TARREN BRAGDON

    CEO AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $498,353
    From this org
    $438,092
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,261
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,923
    Bonus
    $92,000
    Other
    $55,169
    Deferred
    $43,219
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,042
    Filer's total
    $498,353

  • BETTY NEIGHBORS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN PRYOR

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT HARDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANE JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIDGETT WAGNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN BECHTLE SECRETARY

    TREASURER, COO & GEN. COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $359,348
    From this org
    $342,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,352
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,496
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $22,500
    Deferred
    $5,977
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,375
    Filer's total
    $359,348

  • JONATHAN INGRAM

    VP OF POLICY & RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $315,944
    From this org
    $297,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,296
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,109
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $9,539
    Deferred
    $15,730
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,566
    Filer's total
    $315,944

  • KATHERINE RODGERS

    VP OF OUTREACH & GOV'T AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $300,696
    From this org
    $277,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,375
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,514
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,807
    Filer's total
    $300,696

  • NICHOLAS STEHLE

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $260,905
    From this org
    $235,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,604
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,301
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,304
    Filer's total
    $260,905

  • STEWART WHITSON

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,405
    From this org
    $253,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,442
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,723
    Filer's total
    $277,405

  • SAMUEL ADOLPHSEN

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,151
    From this org
    $226,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,566
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,714
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,871
    Filer's total
    $250,151

  • MADELINE MALISA

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $200,563
    From this org
    $185,376
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,187
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,376
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,727
    Filer's total
    $200,563

  • JUDY COOK

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $216,453
    From this org
    $193,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,436
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,375
    Filer's total
    $216,453

  • GREGGORY PFISTER

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STATE AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $217,181
    From this org
    $201,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,139
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,815
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,227
    Filer's total
    $217,181

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
    $16,026,708
    Expenses
    $15,284,950
    Contributions
    $14,794,151
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,025,283
    Expenses
    $12,236,643
    Contributions
    $13,870,584
    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 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.