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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS

EIN 84-1553195 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$6,758,930
Expenses 2024
$5,165,426

Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B02
Classification
2000
Street
1 E ERIE ST STE 525 PMB 380

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.

  • JOSEPH ESCOBEDO

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • EBONY LEE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATHRYN MULLEN UPTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROBBYN WAHBY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SARA MEAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CARLOS LEJNIEKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ELLIOT SMALLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KELLI PETERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FREDERICK HESS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SCOTT BESS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEVE CANAVERO - OUTGOING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARCUS KAREGA RAUSCH

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $351,791
    From this org
    $308,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,680
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,716
    Bonus
    $22,051
    Other
    $344
    Deferred
    $10,248
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,432
    Filer's total
    $351,791

  • BRIAN GRAHAM - OUTGOING

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $52,500
    From this org
    $48,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,778
    Hours/week
    40

  • GUERSCHMIDE SAINT-ANGE - CHIEF

    OPERATING OF

    Total calculated
    $225,273
    From this org
    $182,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,274
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,024
    Bonus
    $735
    Other
    $240
    Deferred
    $7,697
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,577
    Filer's total
    $225,273

  • ELISA WESTAPHER - CHIEF DEVELOPMENT

    & BUSINESS O

    Total calculated
    $216,601
    From this org
    $173,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,596
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,645
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $360
    Deferred
    $5,876
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,720
    Filer's total
    $216,601

  • VERONICA BROOKS - VP OF POLICY

    INSTITUTIONA

    Total calculated
    $196,554
    From this org
    $163,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,224
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,482
    Bonus
    $608
    Other
    $240
    Deferred
    $6,623
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,601
    Filer's total
    $196,554

  • COURTNEY HUGHLEY - VP OF

    COMMUNICATIO

    Total calculated
    $176,847
    From this org
    $144,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,302
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,784
    Bonus
    $569
    Other
    $192
    Deferred
    $6,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,198
    Filer's total
    $176,847

  • DAVID GREENBERG - VP OF AUTHORIZER

    LEARNING & D

    Total calculated
    $180,375
    From this org
    $139,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,936
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,886
    Bonus
    $624
    Other
    $929
    Deferred
    $5,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,985
    Filer's total
    $180,375

  • SEAN CONLAN - SENIOR DIRECTOR OF

    RESEARCH & E

    Total calculated
    $153,928
    From this org
    $127,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,846
    Bonus
    $569
    Other
    $264
    Deferred
    $5,226
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,023
    Filer's total
    $153,928

  • HEATHER WENDLING - VP OF BUSINESS

    DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $200,009
    From this org
    $136,367
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,642
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,415
    Bonus
    $682
    Other
    $270
    Deferred
    $31,821
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,821
    Filer's total
    $200,009

  • JAMES WHALEN - DIRECTOR AUTHORIZER

    & SCHOOL QUA

    Total calculated
    $117,606
    From this org
    $102,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,694
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $6,758,930
    Expenses
    $5,165,426
    Contributions
    $5,463,628
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,758,930
    Expenses
    $5,165,426
    Contributions
    $5,463,628
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,198,587
    Expenses
    $5,154,289
    Contributions
    $4,107,851
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,605,032
    Expenses
    $5,427,521
    Contributions
    $2,618,644
    Grants paid
    $3,100
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,621,228
    Expenses
    $5,452,474
    Contributions
    $2,622,719
    Grants paid
    $3,100

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

  • JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

    $500,000

    2024 IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

  • JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

    $500,000

    2022 IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

  • JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

    $500,000

    2023 IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

  • CITY FUND

    $300,000

    2023 TO PARTNER WITH AUTHORIZERS AND ED CHAMPIONS IN CITY FUND CITIES/STATES TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE AUTHORIZING AND ACCOUNTABILITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES

  • CITY FUND

    $152,000

    2024 TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE EVIDENCE-BASED MESSAGING AROUND ISSUES RELATED TO SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY

  • CITY FUND

    $100,000

    2023 TO STRENGTHEN ITS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND PREPARE THE ORGANIZATION TO BE A LEADING VOICE IN RESHAPING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION NARRATIVE

  • CHARTER FUND INC

    $80,000

    2024 CHARTER SCHOOL CAPACITY-BUILDING

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.