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THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER

EIN 55-0889748 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$57,968,925
Expenses 2024
$66,459,868

Program services were 93.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R40
Classification
1200
Street
1707 L ST NW STE 700

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.

  • DENISE JUNEAU SEE SCHEDULE O

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL ALPER

    SECRETARY / TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATINA BANKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DIANA WALSH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GAIL KITCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAMARA CATLETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SUSIE HWANG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SUSAN STUTZMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GIBBY WAITZKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • THOMAS LOPACH

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $274,540
    From this org
    $257,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,366
    Hours/week
    29

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,798
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,376
    Deferred
    $7,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,861
    Filer's total
    $274,540

  • KATHARINE WERNER

    VP OF DIGITAL PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $227,568
    From this org
    $201,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,442
    Hours/week
    37.42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,094
    Bonus
    $14,032
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,034
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,408
    Filer's total
    $227,568

  • ELBERT HAIRSTON

    VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $212,712
    From this org
    $198,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,299
    Hours/week
    36.92

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,570
    Bonus
    $13,843
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,952
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,347
    Filer's total
    $212,712

  • CARYN PAVLAK

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $192,400
    From this org
    $179,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,440
    Hours/week
    33.48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,405
    Bonus
    $12,555
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,399
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,041
    Filer's total
    $192,400

  • NANCY LEEDS

    VP OF MAIL PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $179,461
    From this org
    $161,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,524
    Hours/week
    30.13

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,639
    Bonus
    $11,298
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,842
    Filer's total
    $179,461

  • LIONEL DRIPPS

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $164,447
    From this org
    $155,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,782
    Hours/week
    24.49

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,480
    Bonus
    $9,185
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,782
    Filer's total
    $164,447

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
    $57,968,925
    Expenses
    $66,459,868
    Contributions
    $56,314,743
    Grants paid
    $12,500,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $22,716,299
    Expenses
    $13,100,870
    Contributions
    $22,618,390
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $37,381,213
    Expenses
    $35,070,350
    Contributions
    $37,352,357
    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

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.