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MERIT AMERICA

EIN 84-2108762 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$61,425,877
Expenses 2024
$50,954,245

Program services were 92.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P12
Classification
1200
Street
712 H STREET NE SUITE 1560

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.

  • CONNOR DIEMAND-YAUMAN

    CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $599,166
    From this org
    $532,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,855
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $400,703
    Bonus
    $131,608
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,670
    Filer's total
    $599,166

  • REBECCA TABER STAEHELIN

    CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $596,948
    From this org
    $512,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,194
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $381,146
    Bonus
    $131,608
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,009
    Filer's total
    $596,948

  • ANNE KEENAN

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $335,839
    From this org
    $291,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,976
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,645
    Bonus
    $25,218
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,004
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,972
    Filer's total
    $335,839

  • RYAN OUELLETTE

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $297,913
    From this org
    $273,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,919
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,873
    Bonus
    $26,121
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,176
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,743
    Filer's total
    $297,913

  • JENNIFER MAZZON

    CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $309,252
    From this org
    $252,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,031
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,221
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,846
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,185
    Filer's total
    $309,252

  • MEGHAN CRESSMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $292,528
    From this org
    $250,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,045
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,789
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,694
    Filer's total
    $292,528

  • LEILA MAKARECHI CHIEF

    BUS. OFFICER/CHIEF POLICY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $282,371
    From this org
    $246,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,578
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,810
    Bonus
    $40,983
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,074
    Filer's total
    $282,371

  • LAL JONES-BEY

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $268,916
    From this org
    $239,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,508
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,163
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $37,245
    Deferred
    $6,119
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,389
    Filer's total
    $268,916

  • NORMAN ATKINS

    DIRECTOR/ BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BYRON AUGUSTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAOMI BAGDONAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AHMMAD BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA LEVIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YIN LU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $61,425,877
    Expenses
    $50,954,245
    Contributions
    $46,063,888
    Grants paid
    $530,624
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $43,214,562
    Expenses
    $36,218,842
    Contributions
    $29,039,821
    Grants paid
    $148,320
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $28,420,779
    Expenses
    $22,530,704
    Contributions
    $19,666,880
    Grants paid
    $68,426

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

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.