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PUBLIC ALLIES INC

EIN 52-1759564 MILWAUKEE, WI

Revenue 2024
$11,071,350
Expenses 2024
$13,035,634

Program services were 81.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20Z
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 270244

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PUBLIC ALLIES' MISSION IS TO CREATE A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY AND THE DIVERSE LEADERSHIP TO SUSTAIN IT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE NEW LEADERSHIP TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, NONPROFITS AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

  • PUBLIC ALLIES EMPLOYS THREE INTEGRATED STRATEGIES TO CHANGE THE FACE AND PRACTICE OF LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY: 1. OUR AMERICORPS PROGRAM IDENTIFIES TALENTED AND DIVERSE YOUNG ADULTS AND PREPARES THEM FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH A TEN MONTH PROGRAM OF PAID FULL-TIME NONPROFIT APPRENTICESHIPS AND RIGOROUS LEADERSHIP TRAINING. 2. OUR ALUMNI PROGRAMS CONNECT AND ENGAGE THE GROWING PUBLIC ALLIES NETWORK OF OVER 5,000 DIVERSE LEADERS AND INVESTS IN THOSE POSITIONED TO MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT.3. THROUGH FIELD LEADERSHIP AND CONSULTING WORK, WE HELP ORGANIZATIONS BETTER DEVELOP AND ENGAGE DIVERSE LEADERSHIP AND BETTER ENGAGE AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

    Expenses $10,632,096 · Grants $3,946,036 · Revenue $11,071,350

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • CHANDRA SMITH-BAKER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ANGELA DORN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ARIA FLORANT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MEREDITH SHOCKLEY-SMITH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PRIYA BHATIA

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ELISABETH MASON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAVONDA SISSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM GRAUSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ADREN WILSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA WOODRUFF-WHITE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARC MCALEAVEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KANWAR SINGH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA MORALES MONRREZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA HOPKINS NEWELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENISE TERRELL

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $266,580
    From this org
    $253,094
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,486
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,094
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,486
    Filer's total
    $266,580

  • LAUREN ELFANT

    CHIEF OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $209,129
    From this org
    $208,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $147
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,982
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $147
    Filer's total
    $209,129

  • NINA KOH

    ACTING VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $172,631
    From this org
    $168,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,292
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,339
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,292
    Filer's total
    $172,631

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
    $11,071,350
    Expenses
    $13,035,634
    Contributions
    $9,900,645
    Grants paid
    $3,946,036
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,899,552
    Expenses
    $12,787,064
    Contributions
    $14,051,295
    Grants paid
    $4,137,096
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,899,552
    Expenses
    $12,787,064
    Contributions
    $14,051,295
    Grants paid
    $4,137,096
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,449,264
    Expenses
    $13,411,009
    Contributions
    $7,807,795
    Grants paid
    $4,912,575

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,548,245
    Expenses
    $19,437,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,502,768

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,233,234
    Expenses
    $14,615,062
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,938,918

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,075,926
    Expenses
    $14,204,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,575,194

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,619,938
    Expenses
    $13,691,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,329,286

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,562,827
    Expenses
    $13,495,322
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,183,042

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,392,002
    Expenses
    $12,999,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,418,623

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,824,391
    Expenses
    $12,341,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,652,357

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,612,257
    Expenses
    $12,460,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,201,321

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,809,677
    Expenses
    $12,086,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,900,529

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,037,021
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,474,354

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 13 October 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 registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.