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MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA

EIN 47-0928008 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2023
$19,564,571
Expenses 2023
$20,789,440

Program services were 77.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
800 MAINE AVE SW 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 · 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.

  • ANGELO CARUSONE

    CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $410,695
    From this org
    $393,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,495
    Hours/week
    71

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $393,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,066
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,429
    Filer's total
    $410,695

  • PILAR MARTINEZ

    DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $211,853
    From this org
    $203,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,302
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,694
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,608
    Filer's total
    $211,853

  • WILL LIPPINCOTT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM CASTRO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BONNIE TURNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL POLLACK

    DIRECTOR, (UNTIL 10/13/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN WHITE

    DIRECTOR, (UNTIL 10/13/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK BUELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CECILE RICHARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,500
    From this org
    $7,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS PEREZ

    DIRECTOR, (UNTIL 10/13/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OLIVER WILLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA PADERA

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $347,735
    From this org
    $324,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,453
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,782
    Bonus
    $62,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,142
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,311
    Filer's total
    $347,735

  • SERGIO MUNOZ

    VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $235,461
    From this org
    $213,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,402
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,034
    Filer's total
    $235,461

  • JULIE MILLICAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $214,680
    From this org
    $191,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,373
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,807
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,873
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,500
    Filer's total
    $214,680

  • LAURA KEITER

    SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,991
    From this org
    $184,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,440
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,551
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,190
    Filer's total
    $198,991

  • JOHN WHITEHOUSE

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $189,647
    From this org
    $175,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,980
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,167
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,905
    Filer's total
    $189,647

  • BENJAMIN DIMIERO

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $188,674
    From this org
    $168,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,721
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,953
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,721
    Filer's total
    $188,674

  • SHARON KANN

    SENIOR DIRECTOR, INNOVATION & IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $167,584
    From this org
    $155,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,334
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,750
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,320
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,014
    Filer's total
    $167,584

  • MATTHEW GERTZ

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $212,502
    From this org
    $187,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,695
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,307
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,445
    Filer's total
    $212,502

  • RACHEL TARDIFF

    SENIOR ADVISOR, PEOPLE & CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $156,666
    From this org
    $143,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,615
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,051
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,425
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,190
    Filer's total
    $156,666

  • ELISABETH L POWER

    MEDIA INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,920
    From this org
    $135,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,319
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANDREA ALFORD

    EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,601
    From this org
    $134,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,961
    Hours/week
    40

  • ERIC HANANOKI

    SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

    Total calculated
    $146,102
    From this org
    $133,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,421
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID BROCK

    FORMER CHAIRMAN (UNTIL 11/16/22)

    Total calculated
    $198,000
    From this org
    $198,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $198,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $198,000

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
    $19,564,571
    Expenses
    $20,789,440
    Contributions
    $18,328,201
    Grants paid
    $50,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,580,263
    Expenses
    $18,767,158
    Contributions
    $16,515,551
    Grants paid
    $722,000

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

Where these grants went next →

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.