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EIN 52-1354365 PURCELLVILLE, VA

Revenue 2024
$16,540,768
Expenses 2024
$15,976,891

Program services were 88.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1 PATRICK HENRY CIR

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.

  • James R Mason

    President and Director

    Total calculated
    $353,883
    From this org
    $307,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,204
    Hours/week
    37 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $294,306
    Bonus
    $7,363
    Other
    $6,010
    Deferred
    $24,032
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,172
    Filer's total
    $353,883

  • Michael Farris

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Aaron Fessler

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Joseph Bailey

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Abraham Hamilton III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Heidi St John

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rodger Sayre

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • J Michael Smith

    President Emeritus Director

    Total calculated
    $35,688
    From this org
    $35,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 1 related

  • Charles Hurst

    VP of Administration

    Total calculated
    $252,330
    From this org
    $218,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,770
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,457
    Bonus
    $9,603
    Other
    $500
    Deferred
    $17,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,379
    Filer's total
    $252,330

  • Steven Oberlander

    VP Finance and Technology

    Total calculated
    $251,664
    From this org
    $216,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,816
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,863
    Bonus
    $7,610
    Other
    $375
    Deferred
    $17,319
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,498
    Filer's total
    $251,665

  • Suzanne Stephens

    VP of Communications and Marketing

    Total calculated
    $233,459
    From this org
    $208,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,035
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,337
    Bonus
    $5,087
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,360
    Filer's total
    $233,458

  • Scott Woodruff

    Director of Legal and Legislative Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $238,368
    From this org
    $205,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,667
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,661
    Bonus
    $5,020
    Other
    $20
    Deferred
    $16,358
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,309
    Filer's total
    $238,368

  • Kevin Boden

    Director of Global Outreach

    Total calculated
    $205,398
    From this org
    $170,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,591
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,653
    Bonus
    $4,133
    Other
    $20
    Deferred
    $12,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,939
    Filer's total
    $205,397

  • Darren Jones

    Senior Counsel and Director of Group Services

    Total calculated
    $198,771
    From this org
    $164,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,152
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,583
    Bonus
    $4,016
    Other
    $20
    Deferred
    $12,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,964
    Filer's total
    $198,771

  • Thomas Schmidt

    Senior Counsel

    Total calculated
    $197,527
    From this org
    $162,446
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,081
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,463
    Bonus
    $3,963
    Other
    $20
    Deferred
    $12,995
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,086
    Filer's total
    $197,527

  • Peter Kamakawiwoole

    Director of Litigation

    Total calculated
    $194,918
    From this org
    $160,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,741
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,248
    Bonus
    $3,909
    Other
    $20
    Deferred
    $12,814
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,927
    Filer's total
    $194,918

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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
    $16,540,768
    Expenses
    $15,976,891
    Contributions
    $15,598,960
    Grants paid
    $1,148,849
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,028,509
    Expenses
    $16,701,498
    Contributions
    $16,005,909
    Grants paid
    $1,067,204
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $18,020,149
    Expenses
    $20,103,172
    Contributions
    $15,806,531
    Grants paid
    $2,156,737

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

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.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.