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THE REASON FOUNDATION

EIN 95-3298239 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$22,810,664
Expenses 2024
$21,964,556

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
5737 MESMER AVE

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.

  • DAVID NOTT

    PRESIDENT, CEO

    Total calculated
    $562,095
    From this org
    $407,827
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $154,268
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $332,827
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $150,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,268
    Filer's total
    $562,095

  • ADRIAN T MOORE

    VICE PRESIDENT POLICY

    Total calculated
    $264,083
    From this org
    $256,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,253
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,830
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,253
    Filer's total
    $264,083

  • JONATHAN GRAFF

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $260,001
    From this org
    $250,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,251
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,750
    Filer's total
    $260,001

  • LEONARD GILROY

    VP GOVERNMENT REFORM

    Total calculated
    $254,491
    From this org
    $250,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,254
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,237
    Bonus
    $80,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,254
    Filer's total
    $254,491

  • NICHOLAS GILLESPIE

    EDITOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $254,427
    From this org
    $247,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,253
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,174
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,253
    Filer's total
    $254,427

  • KATHERINE MANGU-WARD

    VP/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $250,335
    From this org
    $240,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,585
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,750
    Filer's total
    $250,335

  • ROBERT POOLE

    FOUNDER, TRANSPORTATION POLICY

    Total calculated
    $240,174
    From this org
    $240,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,000
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $174
    Filer's total
    $240,174

  • MICHAEL ALISSI

    VP OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $240,189
    From this org
    $230,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,439
    Bonus
    $70,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,750
    Filer's total
    $240,189

  • JACQUELINE PYKE

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $179,327
    From this org
    $179,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $160
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,167
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $160
    Filer's total
    $179,327

  • AARON STEINBERG

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,839
    From this org
    $179,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,091
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,748
    Filer's total
    $188,839

  • JAMES EPSTEIN

    EXECUTIVE EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $173,650
    From this org
    $173,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $169
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,481
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $169
    Filer's total
    $173,650

  • CARIN MANN

    DIR OF DONOR COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,048
    From this org
    $157,826
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,222
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,826
    Bonus
    $23,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,222
    Filer's total
    $162,048

  • GEORGE F OHRSTROM

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THEODORE BARNETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS E BEACH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARON BOND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA DUNN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA EDWARDS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN FARBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER FARRELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBBI GIBBS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM GOBLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS W HAZLETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN HOOKS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES D JAMESON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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
    $22,810,664
    Expenses
    $21,964,556
    Contributions
    $20,527,956
    Grants paid
    $60,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,300,815
    Expenses
    $19,863,540
    Contributions
    $21,346,436
    Grants paid
    $360,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,456,947
    Expenses
    $17,507,487
    Contributions
    $13,818,095
    Grants paid
    $355,602

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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.