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EIN 52-1257425 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$40,907,415
Expenses 2024
$45,526,834

Program services were 76.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q400
Classification
1000
Street
1730RHODE IS AVE 11TH FL

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.

  • Shamil Idriss

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $336,454
    From this org
    $328,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,557
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,187
    Nontaxable benefits
    $710
    Filer's total
    $336,454

  • Abigail Disney

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Adam Forest Berrey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Elizabeth Riker

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Genghis Hadi

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ingrid Stange

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Isameldein Ghanim

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jason Petty

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jeremy Goldberg

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Karen Karniol-Tambour

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kathleen Cravero

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Laurie Franz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Laurie Michaels

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Leslie Black

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Lisa Kadin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mark Chandler

    Board Member (as of 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Sarah Green

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Timothy Feige

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Wasim Khan

    VP, Finance

    Total calculated
    $244,862
    From this org
    $209,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,560
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,302
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,940
    Filer's total
    $244,862

  • Jennifer Parker

    Director CG USA

    Total calculated
    $216,588
    From this org
    $209,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,832
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,131
    Filer's total
    $216,588

  • Kara Schectman

    Director, Marketing

    Total calculated
    $160,729
    From this org
    $151,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,822
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $484
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,338
    Filer's total
    $160,729

  • Maritza Mejia

    Director, Development

    Total calculated
    $166,104
    From this org
    $155,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,074
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,030
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,324
    Filer's total
    $166,104

  • Marjorie Williams

    President

    Total calculated
    $314,078
    From this org
    $307,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,686
    Nontaxable benefits
    $664
    Filer's total
    $314,078

  • Michael Shipler

    VP, Strategy

    Total calculated
    $190,109
    From this org
    $180,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,734
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,375
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,549
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,185
    Filer's total
    $190,109

  • Michael Watt

    VP, Global Programs

    Total calculated
    $223,056
    From this org
    $207,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,014
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,338
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,704
    Filer's total
    $223,056

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $40,907,415
    Expenses
    $45,526,834
    Contributions
    $40,729,665
    Grants paid
    $7,847,549
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $34,618,544
    Expenses
    $37,087,773
    Contributions
    $34,609,752
    Grants paid
    $5,342,691
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $37,845,702
    Expenses
    $40,150,110
    Contributions
    $37,799,254
    Grants paid
    $6,452,326

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

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

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.