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UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 52-0816670 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$6,846,655
Expenses 2024
$6,224,561

Program services were 39.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
1140 19TH ST NW STE 900

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.

  • TIMOTHY D SANDS

    CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM H JOYCE

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • BARRY BARISH

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEELI BENDAPUDI

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY L FENVES

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA FREEMAN

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REX GEVEDEN

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN HOLLOWAY

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID LEEBRON

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARRIS PASTIDES

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT C ROBBINS

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARNETT S STOKES

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN C MESTER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $632,486
    From this org
    $554,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,581
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $509,905
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,081
    Filer's total
    $632,486

  • MARY H EGGER

    CHIEF COUNSEL (UNTIL 3/2025)

    Total calculated
    $389,605
    From this org
    $354,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,143
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,490
    Nontaxable benefits
    $972
    Filer's total
    $389,605

  • NAVNEET KAUR

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $302,335
    From this org
    $265,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,195
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,140
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,656
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,539
    Filer's total
    $302,335

  • TED M WACKLER

    VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $416,962
    From this org
    $378,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,988
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $358,974
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,488
    Filer's total
    $416,962

  • JOHN T LUCAS

    GENERAL COUNSEL (FROM 2/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID SCHULTZ

    DIRECTOR, USSO

    Total calculated
    $374,927
    From this org
    $339,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,098
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,329
    Bonus
    $22,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,933
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,165
    Filer's total
    $374,927

  • DAVETTA TRUJILLO

    BUSINESS & FINANCE MANAGER, USSO

    Total calculated
    $161,579
    From this org
    $136,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,376
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,703
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,793
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,583
    Filer's total
    $161,579

  • TIGI GEBEYEHU

    SENIOR FINANCE & OPERATIONS ANALYST

    Total calculated
    $190,800
    From this org
    $158,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,184
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,226
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,890
    Filer's total
    $190,800

  • CLAUDETTE ROSADO-REYES

    DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS & PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $198,028
    From this org
    $168,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,538
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,990
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,017
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,521
    Filer's total
    $198,028

  • LOURDES GARCIA-RUIZ

    SENIOR PROGRAM ASSOCIATE

    Total calculated
    $128,467
    From this org
    $112,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,712
    Hours/week
    40

  • CINDY ACHAT-MENDES

    DIRECTOR, STEM INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $178,005
    From this org
    $159,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,114
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,391
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,145
    Filer's total
    $178,005

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,846,655
    Expenses
    $6,224,561
    Contributions
    $553,198
    Grants paid
    $531,164
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,131,159
    Expenses
    $7,370,158
    Contributions
    $562,779
    Grants paid
    $656,688
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,770,537
    Expenses
    $6,296,625
    Contributions
    $581,318
    Grants paid
    $494,868

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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.