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PA ALLIANCE ACTION

EIN 82-3537729 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$17,770,748
Expenses 2024
$17,807,661

Program services were 92.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
R40
Classification
3000
Street
121 S BROAD ST STE 400

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

The PA Alliance Action seeks to advocate at the state level for democracy reform through grassroots activities and support of like-minded organizations on behalf of and in support of all Pennsylvanians, in particular historically marginalized and underserved communities, including communities of color, impoverished communities and the young.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The organization's mission is to promote and pursue nonpartisan progressive policies in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

  • Pro-Democracy Program: In 2024, PA Alliance Action supported pro-democracy programs across Pennsylvania. These programs worked to lift-up the functions of both the federal and state government, as well as help voters in Pennsylvania understand how impactful their vote is in every election.

    Expenses $10,086,200 · Grants $4,647,200

  • Campus & Youth Engagement: PA Alliance Action identified young people and students as a priority for education and engagement in 2024 and invested in state-wide campus and youth programming to educate voters and expend access to the ballot box.

    Expenses $4,676,000 · Grants $4,676,000

  • Vote-by-Mail Program: In 2019, the bipartisan bill, Act 77, was passed, allowing for no-excuse absentee voting in Pennsylvania, which has greatly expanded access to the ballot. PA Alliance Action supported recruitment, chase, and education of voters to vote-by-mail through communication and direct voter contact programs in 2024. This program specifically set out to educate low propensity voters and voters of color across the Commonwealth.

    Expenses $350,000 · Grants $350,000

  • Program services including grants to organizations that conduct research to inform the mission of PA Alliance Action and other expenses including consultants' time to administer grants.

    Expenses $1,309,713 · Grants $847,800

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Brittany Smith

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $185,501
    From this org
    $171,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,461
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,040
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,131
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,330
    Filer's total
    $185,501

  • Charles Hadley

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Avram Hornik

    Vice Chair and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Shook

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Hill

    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, 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
    $17,770,748
    Expenses
    $17,807,661
    Contributions
    $17,770,748
    Grants paid
    $10,621,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,639,376
    Expenses
    $3,379,353
    Contributions
    $3,610,535
    Grants paid
    $1,500,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,362,145
    Expenses
    $13,513,365
    Contributions
    $10,350,091
    Grants paid
    $12,738,000

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
    $6,052,076
    Expenses
    $2,567,279
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,563,540

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,966,110
    Expenses
    $10,167,009
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,743

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,770,350
    Expenses
    $529,823
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,279,642

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.

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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.