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THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION

EIN 46-4884866 RESTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$12,799,102
Expenses 2024
$6,645,921

Program services were 81.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P99
Classification
1200
Street
12007 SUNRISE VALLEY DR STE 10

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.

  • SCOTT D KRASE

    CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • R SCOTT SPELLMEYER

    VICE-CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JAY GOFFMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • STEPHANIE USRY BELLISTRI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MIKE BINGLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN BURNHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN CARBAUGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN HIGGINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW MAKRIDIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES R MATTHEWS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN M SCHAEFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GRANT VERSTANDIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN C WOOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN T CASHEN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $255,000
    From this org
    $255,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $255,000

  • MELISSA ALLEN

    PRESIDENT AND COO

    Total calculated
    $255,000
    From this org
    $255,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $255,000

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
    $12,799,102
    Expenses
    $6,645,921
    Contributions
    $11,776,979
    Grants paid
    $3,552,890
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,117,569
    Expenses
    $6,417,442
    Contributions
    $8,072,975
    Grants paid
    $3,587,429
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,642,351
    Expenses
    $4,770,970
    Contributions
    $12,468,133
    Grants paid
    $2,434,806

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.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.