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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY

EIN 52-1254948 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$8,383,411
Expenses 2024
$10,690,068

Program services were 64.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W99
Classification
1200
Street
1575 I ST NW 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 · 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.

  • LEONARD BURTON

    PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $335,380
    From this org
    $266,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,838
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,459
    Bonus
    $13,535
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $29,515
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,323
    Filer's total
    $335,380

  • DR CAROL WILSON SPIGNER

    PAST CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARKIN TACKETT

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS BATES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MANLEY ALAN BEGAY JR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR LEON CALDWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLIOTT HINKLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,125
    From this org
    $10,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELLY LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,819
    From this org
    $7,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK FARROW

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LETICIA PEGUERO

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDGE WILLIAM THORNE JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGAN MARTIN

    EXEC VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $302,760
    From this org
    $237,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,705
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,714
    Bonus
    $12,801
    Other
    $540
    Deferred
    $26,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,323
    Filer's total
    $302,760

  • CHRISTINE KATZ

    EXEC VICE PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $300,927
    From this org
    $235,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,424
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,714
    Bonus
    $10,241
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $26,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,323
    Filer's total
    $300,927

  • SUSAN NOTKIN

    EXEC VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL 5/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $291,024
    From this org
    $252,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,826
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $81,760
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $170,438
    Deferred
    $11,603
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,223
    Filer's total
    $291,024

  • FRANCIE ZIMMERMAN

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE

    Total calculated
    $200,465
    From this org
    $166,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,456
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,620
    Bonus
    $3,251
    Other
    $2,138
    Deferred
    $17,953
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,503
    Filer's total
    $200,465

  • RACHEL PALETTA

    DIR LITIGATION & MONITORING

    Total calculated
    $194,665
    From this org
    $162,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,401
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,140
    Bonus
    $16,693
    Other
    $431
    Deferred
    $17,729
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,672
    Filer's total
    $194,665

  • SHADI HOUSHYAR

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE

    Total calculated
    $217,235
    From this org
    $160,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,004
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,574
    Bonus
    $5,198
    Other
    $459
    Deferred
    $17,941
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,063
    Filer's total
    $217,235

  • JUANITA GALLION

    DIR LEADERSHIP DEVEL & CAP BUILDING

    Total calculated
    $207,464
    From this org
    $157,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,046
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,619
    Bonus
    $4,331
    Other
    $468
    Deferred
    $17,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,542
    Filer's total
    $207,464

  • JUDY MELTZER

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $170,244
    From this org
    $140,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,595
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,400
    Bonus
    $3,249
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,399
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,196
    Filer's total
    $170,244

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
    $8,383,411
    Expenses
    $10,690,068
    Contributions
    $5,636,382
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,561,589
    Expenses
    $11,437,813
    Contributions
    $12,530,568
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,655,563
    Expenses
    $11,428,704
    Contributions
    $6,524,111
    Grants paid
    $180,000

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.