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THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC

EIN 52-1739443 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$8,460,107
Expenses 2024
$7,828,619

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W20Z
Classification
2000
Street
1100 13TH ST NW STE 800

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.

  • VIRGINIA SLOAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARMANDO GOMEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HINA SHAMSI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANINE ABRAMS MCLEAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIA EPPERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA BAUMGARTNER BONDS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NORM ORNSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIRGINIA CASE SOLOMON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALLACE JEFFERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW COCKBURN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NITHI VIVATRAT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBRA KATZ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN ALEXANDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KEITH RUTTER

    SECRETARY/EXEC OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $189,884
    From this org
    $163,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,409
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,475
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,959
    Filer's total
    $189,884

  • DANIELLE BRIAN

    PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,440
    From this org
    $221,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,958
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,482
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,507
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,451
    Filer's total
    $251,440

  • MIAH ULYSSE

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $168,821
    From this org
    $152,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,222
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,659
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,940
    Filer's total
    $168,821

  • TIM FARNSWORTH

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $165,255
    From this org
    $138,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,370
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,885
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,818
    Filer's total
    $165,255

  • BRANDON BROCKMYER

    DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS AND RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $159,065
    From this org
    $147,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,799
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,266
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,486
    Filer's total
    $159,065

  • CHRIS PABON

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $145,895
    From this org
    $124,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,155
    Hours/week
    40

  • SCOTT AMEY

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $182,222
    From this org
    $160,107
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,115
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,107
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,211
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,904
    Filer's total
    $182,222

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
    $8,460,107
    Expenses
    $7,828,619
    Contributions
    $8,186,532
    Grants paid
    $255,377
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,933,632
    Expenses
    $7,959,144
    Contributions
    $7,517,098
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,536,679
    Expenses
    $7,175,609
    Contributions
    $8,450,726
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • PROGRAM FOR INTEGRITY ALLIANCE

    $255,377

    2024 SEED FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM INTEGRITY ALLIANCE FOCUSING ON ADDRESSING PROGRAM INTEGRITY ISSUES ACROSS GOVERNMENT.

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.