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EIN 52-1744337 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$55,276,320
Expenses 2024
$47,571,842

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R600
Classification
1000
Street
901 N GLEBE RD STE 900

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.

  • Scott Bullock

    President and Chief Counsel

    Total calculated
    $859,654
    From this org
    $797,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $605,137
    Bonus
    $190,000
    Other
    $1,881
    Deferred
    $46,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,436
    Filer's total
    $859,654

  • Wiliam Mellor

    Chariman and Founding General Counsel (until 10/11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $66,551
    From this org
    $50,537
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,014
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrew Prins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arthur Dantchik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Lintott

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Levy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence Greenberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Gelfond

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Modzelewski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Knepper

    CFO and General Counsel/Secretary & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $625,371
    From this org
    $563,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,703
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $453,012
    Bonus
    $110,000
    Other
    $656
    Deferred
    $46,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,503
    Filer's total
    $625,371

  • Beth Stevens

    Vice President for Development

    Total calculated
    $441,772
    From this org
    $377,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,755
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $1,957
    Deferred
    $46,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,860
    Filer's total
    $441,772

  • Dana Berliner

    Senior Vice President and Litigation Director

    Total calculated
    $724,395
    From this org
    $673,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,385
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $528,553
    Bonus
    $142,500
    Other
    $1,957
    Deferred
    $46,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,185
    Filer's total
    $724,395

  • Deborah Simpson

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $599,563
    From this org
    $532,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $390,510
    Bonus
    $140,000
    Other
    $1,957
    Deferred
    $40,848
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,248
    Filer's total
    $599,563

  • John Kramer

    Vice President for Strategic Relations

    Total calculated
    $554,776
    From this org
    $476,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $386,651
    Bonus
    $88,000
    Other
    $1,957
    Deferred
    $45,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,148
    Filer's total
    $554,776

  • Robert Frommer

    Senior Attorney

    Total calculated
    $333,576
    From this org
    $281,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,373
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,616
    Bonus
    $27,500
    Other
    $1,087
    Deferred
    $37,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,380
    Filer's total
    $333,576

  • Robert Gall

    Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney

    Total calculated
    $494,662
    From this org
    $424,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,260
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,396
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $1,006
    Deferred
    $46,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,060
    Filer's total
    $494,662

  • Robert Johnson

    Senior Attorney

    Total calculated
    $364,207
    From this org
    $283,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,587
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,165
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $455
    Deferred
    $41,843
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,744
    Filer's total
    $364,207

  • Robert McNamara

    Deputy Litigation Director

    Total calculated
    $440,621
    From this org
    $370,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,070
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $327,578
    Bonus
    $42,500
    Other
    $473
    Deferred
    $46,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,870
    Filer's total
    $440,621

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
    $55,276,320
    Expenses
    $47,571,842
    Contributions
    $45,972,744
    Grants paid
    $103,566
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $49,926,462
    Expenses
    $44,264,308
    Contributions
    $44,568,286
    Grants paid
    $1,395,438
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $38,753,383
    Expenses
    $37,733,069
    Contributions
    $33,988,094
    Grants paid
    $103,348

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.

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.