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PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC

EIN 52-1263996 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$26,769,469
Expenses 2024
$17,942,326

Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W70Z
Classification
1000
Street
1600 20TH ST NW

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.

  • MARK CHAVEZ

    DIRECTOR, CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ROBERT FELLMETH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JIM BILDNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GERSON SMOGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MAYA BERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • STEVE SKROVAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID HALPERIN

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ANNIE LEONARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • EMILY CHATTERJEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ROBERT WEISSMAN

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $353,099
    From this org
    $227,928
    From related orgs
    $70,775
    Other
    $54,396
    Hours/week
    31 + 9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,928 + $70,775 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,396 + $3,539 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,111 + $9,350 related
    Filer's total
    $269,435 + $83,664 related

  • LISA GILBERT

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $260,200
    From this org
    $111,927
    From related orgs
    $111,927
    Other
    $36,346
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,927 + $111,927 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,596 + $5,596 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,577 + $12,577 related
    Filer's total
    $130,100 + $130,100 related

  • NOYAN EYIGOR

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $176,814
    From this org
    $72,219
    From related orgs
    $72,219
    Other
    $32,376
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $72,219 + $72,219 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,611 + $3,611 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,577 + $12,577 related
    Filer's total
    $88,407 + $88,407 related

  • ALLISON ZIEVE

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $227,065
    From this org
    $157,743
    From related orgs
    $35,052
    Other
    $34,270
    Hours/week
    33 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,743 + $35,052 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,887 + $1,753 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,152 + $4,478 related
    Filer's total
    $185,782 + $41,283 related

  • DAVID ARKUSH

    DIRECTOR, ENERGY

    Total calculated
    $232,812
    From this org
    $184,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,668
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,144
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,461
    Filer's total
    $232,812

  • PETER MAYBARDUK

    DIRECTOR, ACCESS TO MEDICINE

    Total calculated
    $196,520
    From this org
    $161,804
    From related orgs
    $1,402
    Other
    $33,314
    Hours/week
    39.66 + 0.34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,804 + $1,402 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,090 + $70 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,938 + $216 related
    Filer's total
    $194,832 + $1,688 related

  • TYSON SLOCUM

    DIRECTOR, ENERGY

    Total calculated
    $200,194
    From this org
    $103,316
    From related orgs
    $63,389
    Other
    $33,489
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,316 + $63,389 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,166 + $3,169 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,589 + $9,565 related
    Filer's total
    $124,071 + $76,123 related

  • AMANDA FLEMING

    DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $228,403
    From this org
    $158,734
    From related orgs
    $21,210
    Other
    $48,459
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,734 + $21,210 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,937 + $1,061 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,810 + $4,651 related
    Filer's total
    $201,481 + $26,922 related

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
    $26,769,469
    Expenses
    $17,942,326
    Contributions
    $23,239,349
    Grants paid
    $987,094
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,844,863
    Expenses
    $17,865,500
    Contributions
    $13,300,225
    Grants paid
    $2,205,297
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,389,271
    Expenses
    $18,066,747
    Contributions
    $12,113,803
    Grants paid
    $1,836,318

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 2023 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.