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VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

EIN 52-1920858 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$5,260,712
Expenses 2024
$7,223,173

Program services were 82.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80
Classification
1000
Street
900 15TH 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT THE IDEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND LEGACY OF COMMUNISM AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FREEDOM OF THOSE STILL HELD CAPTIVE BY COMMUNIST REGIMES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE AMERICANS ABOUT THE MORE THAN 100 MILLION VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM.

  • HUMAN RIGHTS - VOC ACTIVELY EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CHINA, CUBA, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, NORTH KOREA, NICARAGUA, AND ELSEWHERE WHERE COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM HAVE LED TO WIDESPREAD OPPRESSION. THROUGH IN-DEPTH RESEARCH, PARTNERSHIPS, ART EXHIBITS, AND PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS, VOC SHEDS LIGHT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CARRIED OUT BY THESE REGIMES AND GIVES A VOICE TO CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS AND ACTIVISTS THAT SEEK JUSTICE AND FREEDOM. OUR CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESEARCHING AND UNCOVERING NEW EVIDENCE OF CHINA'S USE OF UYGHUR FORCED LABOR IN XINJIANG, GENERATING VAST GLOBAL MEDIA COVERAGE AND SWIFT ACTION FROM INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND ADVOCACY COMMUNITIES. VOC'S LATIN AMERICA STUDIES PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING VICTIMS TORTURED BY THE COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST REGIMES IN CUBA AND VENEZUELA. IN CUBA, VOC'S WORK HAS BEEN BRINGING CRITICAL ATTENTION TO THE CUBAN REGIME'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND FORCED LABOR SCHEMES THAT EXPLOIT THE CUBAN PEOPLE. FURTHER, VOC'S CAPTIVE NATIONS COALITION PROVIDES A POWERFUL PLATFORM FOR TODAY'S DISSIDENTS BY PARTNERING WITH LIKE-MINDED ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CONVENE PUBLIC RALLIES, FOSTER DIALOGUE, BRIEF POLICYMAKERS, AND BESTOW VOC'S HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS (TRUMAN-REAGAN MEDAL OF FREEDOM, DISSIDENT HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD).

    Expenses $3,220,011 · Grants $1,256,506

  • RESEARCH- VOC MAINTAINS A DEEP BENCH OF AFFILIATED SCHOLARS WHO PRODUCE LEADING RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM AND ITS CONTINUING CRIMES AND THREATS TODAY. VOC'S RESEARCH PROGRAMS ON CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA SUPPORT ORIGINAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS ON HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY QUESTIONS IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND ECONOMICS, FOREIGN POLICY, AND SECURITY STUDIES. FOR EXAMPLE, VOC'S ANNUAL CHINA FORUM BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS, SCHOLARS, AND THE POLICY COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS KEY ISSUES IN U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. THE WORK OF VOC'S CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GENERATE CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO UYGHUR FORCED LABOR IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS THAT CONTINUE TO INFORM INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND MAJOR MEDIA COVERAGE ON THIS ISSUE. OUR RESEARCH PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TWO MAJOR WESTERN CORPORATIONS LEAVING XINJIANG LAST YEAR FOLLOWING REPORTS BY VOC LINKING THESE COMPANIES TO COMPLICITY IN FORCED LABOR PRACTICES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN XINJIANG. VOC'S LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM HAS BEEN PUBLISHING IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ON LABOR RIGHTS IN VENEZUELA AND THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF TORTURE AND USE OF FORCE BY COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST REGIMES IN THE REGION. OUR TEAM ALSO SPONSORS EVENTS AND BRIEFINGS TO PRESENT OUR RESEARCH FINDINGS TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND WE SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS AND PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.

    Expenses $629,996

  • VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MUSEUM - THE VOC MUSEUM IS THE WORLD'S FIRST MUSEUM DEDICATED TO MEMORIALIZING THE MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE KILLED BY COMMUNISM AROUND THE WORLD AND HONORING THOSE INDIVIDUALS STRIVING FOR FREEDOM FROM TOTALITARIAN REGIMES. OPENED IN 2022, THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE VOC MUSEUM FEATURES THREE PERMANENT GALLERIES, TEMPORARY EXHIBITS, INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES, ARTWORK, AND FILMS DESIGNED TO REACH AUDIENCES FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULTS. EXHIBITS, GUEST LECTURES, AND BOOK READINGS TELL THE DEVASTATING HISTORY OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE, BRINGING WITNESS STORIES TO LIFE AND MAKING THE MUSEUM A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL AGES. TEMPORARY EXHIBITS HAVE INCLUDED "OPERATION PEDRO PAN," "HOLODOMOR THEN, GENOCIDE NOW, JUSTICE WHEN," "VIETNAM: THE TRUTH," "TIANANMEN 1989," "CUBAN COMMUNIST PRISON," "VACLAV HAVEL: FROM DISSIDENT TO PRESIDENT," "FROM THE SOVIET RED FLAG TO THE LITHUANIAN TRICOLOR, AND "VENEZUELA: THE DEADLY TOLL OF SOCIALISM." SINCE ITS OPENING, THE MUSEUM HAS EDUCATED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND HOSTS STUDENT GROUPS, DIPLOMATS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS WEEKLY.

    Expenses $1,407,288

  • EDUCATION- VOC'S EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES TEACH ALL GENERATIONS ABOUT THE BRUTAL IDEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND LEGACY OF COMMUNISM. VOC HAS DEVELOPED FIVE CURRICULA FOR STUDENTS FROM 4TH GRADE THROUGH COLLEGE. OUR CURRICULUM FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS INTRODUCES THEM TO THE VALUES OF LIBERTY AND DANGERS OF COMMUNISM. RESOURCES FOR OLDER STUDENTS INCLUDE VOC'S 4TH EDITION TEXTBOOK AND A VOLUME OF SPEECHES FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL, RONALD REAGAN, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND OTHERS WITH EXPLANATORY ESSAYS TO SHOW STUDENTS HOW THOUGHT-LEADERS CHALLENGED COMMUNISM BOTH PHILOSOPHICALLY AND POLITICALLY. VOC ALSO HOSTS IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE TO TRAIN TEACHERS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO UTILIZE OUR CURRICULAR RESOURCES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. OUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM INCORPORATES LECTURES BY SCHOLARLY EXPERTS AND TESTIMONIALS BY WITNESSES OF COMMUNISM, OFFERING EDUCATORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN DIRECTLY FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED UNDER COMMUNISM. WE PARTNER WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND A RANGE OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH IN-PERSON AND WEB-BASED COURSES, CLASSES, AND SEMINARS. VOC HAS OVER 13,200 TEACHER ALUMNI IN 41 STATES WHO HAVE COLLECTIVELY REACHED MORE THAN 1.32 MILLION STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 2013. AS PART OF VOC'S EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, VOC'S AWARD-WINNING MINI-DOCUMENTARY SERIES WITNESS PROJECT TELLS THE CAUTIONARY AND INSPIRING STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE WITNESSED COMMUNISM FIRSTHAND, GIVING A HUMAN FACE TO THE STAGGERING NUMBER OF VICTIMS. VOC'S WITNESS PROJECT VIDEOS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 12 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE AND ARE USED IN CLASSROOMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. VOC'S MESSAGE IN THE CLASSROOM ENSURES THAT THE MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE MURDERED BY COMMUNIST REGIMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, THAT PRESENT-DAY ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED BY COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTS ARE EXPOSED, AND THAT HISTORY IS NOT REPEATED.

    Expenses $384,696

  • MEMORIAL - IN 1993, THE U.S. CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON THAT BOTH FOUNDED THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION AND AUTHORIZED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE STATUE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NEW JERSEY AVENUE, AND G STREET, NW, TWO BLOCKS FROM UNION STATION AND WITHIN VIEW OF THE U.S. CAPITOL. THE MEMORIAL'S FRONT PEDESTAL READS, "TO THE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM AND TO THOSE WHO LOVE LIBERTY." ITS BACK PEDESTAL READS, "TO THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF ALL CAPTIVE NATIONS AND PEOPLES." VOC HOSTS COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT THE MEMORIAL, SUCH AS THE ANNUAL ROLL CALL OF NATIONS AND TIANANMEN SQUARE REMEMBRANCE VIGIL.

    Expenses $23,587

  • EXTERNAL EVENTS

    Expenses $45,683

  • CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

    Expenses $225,931

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • ELIZABETH SPALDING PHD

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RANDAL TEAGUE

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HON JAMES BURNLEY IV

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • INGRID GREGG PHD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDWIN J FEULNER PHD

    CHAIRMAN EMERTIUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEE EDWARDS PHD

    FOUNDING CHAIRMAN- PASSED AWAY IN DEC 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMB ALDONA WOS MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HON PAULA DOBRIANSKY PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDITH LAUER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HON TIDAL W MCCOY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMB CARLOS TRUJILLO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • W BRUCE WEINROD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMBASSADOR ANDREW BREMBERG

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $88,306
    From this org
    $54,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,753
    Hours/week
    50

  • KEN POPE

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $159,297
    From this org
    $151,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,342
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,955
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $832
    Filer's total
    $159,297

  • ILONA TELEKI

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $267,342
    From this org
    $228,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,126
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,226
    Filer's total
    $267,342

  • BRITTANY BALMER REILLY

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $238,492
    From this org
    $198,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,832
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,660
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,832
    Filer's total
    $238,492

  • ERIC PATTERSON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $229,876
    From this org
    $206,002
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,874
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,002
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,874
    Filer's total
    $229,876

  • MICHAL HARMATA

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION

    Total calculated
    $123,094
    From this org
    $111,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,330
    Hours/week
    50

  • DR ADRIAN ZENZ

    DIRECTOR OF CHINA STUDIES

    Total calculated
    $200,646
    From this org
    $161,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,744
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,902
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,226
    Filer's total
    $200,646

  • YURI PEREZ VAZQUEZ

    DIRECTOR OF LATIN AMERICAN

    Total calculated
    $145,283
    From this org
    $119,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,583
    Hours/week
    50

  • ASHLEE DAVIS

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $145,095
    From this org
    $108,502
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,593
    Hours/week
    50

  • KARINA LIPSMAN

    DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $124,088
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,088
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $5,260,712
    Expenses
    $7,223,173
    Contributions
    $5,246,383
    Grants paid
    $1,256,506
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,524,957
    Expenses
    $8,067,509
    Contributions
    $4,479,955
    Grants paid
    $1,319,811
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,094,499
    Expenses
    $6,965,313
    Contributions
    $7,071,998
    Grants paid
    $714,100

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
    $4,238,783
    Expenses
    $5,698,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,153,978

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,010,670
    Expenses
    $5,815,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,208,226

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,980,146
    Expenses
    $5,412,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,530,970

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,938,392
    Expenses
    $3,642,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,975,675

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,278,675
    Expenses
    $2,881,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,534,180

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    -$449,760
    Expenses
    $3,445,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,066,494

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,827,454
    Expenses
    $1,140,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,959,410

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,827,454
    Expenses
    $1,140,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,959,410

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,030,392
    Expenses
    $957,537
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,305,296

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,913
    Expenses
    $188,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,192,170

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.