Americans For Prosperity

Arlington, VA
Tax-exempt since Oct. 2004
EIN: 75-3148958

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Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(4) Civic leagues, social welfare organizations and local associations of employees, created to promote community welfare for charitable, educational or recreational purposes.

Category: Community Improvement, Capacity Building / Urban, Community Economic Development (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are not tax deductible.

Details

According to its Dec. 2023 tax filing, this nonprofit:

Reported conflict of interest transactions

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Revenue

$186M (2023)

Expenses

$168M (2023)

Total Assets

$45M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$30.3M (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$186,359,205

Expenses

$168,040,159

Net Income

$18,319,046

Net Assets

$14,642,055

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$181,282,269	97.3%
Program Services	$4,672,152	2.5%
Investment Income	$198,331	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$1,323	0.0%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$205,130	0.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$861,089	0.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$44,723,730	26.6%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$44,964,046
Total Liabilities	$30,321,991
Net Assets	$14,642,055

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Emily Seidel (Ceo/President)	$815,273	$0	$45,815
Daniel Garza (President, Libre)	$473,070	$0	$14,472
Brent Gardner (Chief Govt Affairs Officer)	$436,020	$0	$46,169
Jorge Lima (Senior Vp Of Policy)	$417,116	$0	$47,385
Chase Downham (Senior Vice President)	$355,150	$0	$35,584
Christopher Hudson (Vice President Govt Affairs)	$304,437	$0	$34,335
Lindsay Lara (Vice President, Strategy & Innovation)	$287,430	$0	$19,398
Jeffrey Ogar (Outgoing Secretary/Director)	$0	$608,974	$46,604
James Davis (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Chairman)	$0	$0	$0
Jonathan Adcock (Assistant Treasurer)	$0	$194,105	$21,475
Laura Stolarz (Incoming Treasurer)	$0	$112,548	$21,838
Rob Jentgens (Outgoing Treasurer)	$0	$181,831	$28,566

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$112,498,519

Expenses

$136,103,095

Net Income

-$23,604,576

Net Assets

-$3,676,991

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$108,216,150	96.2%
Program Services	$4,175,805	3.7%
Investment Income	$12,661	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$2,057	0.0%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$91,846	0.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$809,972	0.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$35,608,589	26.2%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$16,548,828
Total Liabilities	$20,225,819
Net Assets	-$3,676,991

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Emily Seidel (Ceo/President)	$773,099	$15,778	$50,868
Jorge Lima (Senior Vp Of Policy)	$373,874	$3,777	$47,479
Brent Gardner (Chief Govt Affairs Officer)	$372,022	$0	$48,315
Daniel Garza (President, Libre)	$317,316	$6,476	$15,711
Chase Downham (Senior Vice President)	$311,543	$6,358	$39,215
Christopher Hudson (Vice President Govt Affairs)	$273,189	$0	$37,159
Nathan Nascimento (Executive Vp Electoral Strategy)	$249,470	$0	$30,198
Jeff Ogar (Secretary/Director)	$0	$616,180	$49,459
James Davis (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Chairman)	$0	$300,000	$0
Rob Jentgens (Treasurer)	$0	$201,479	$26,371

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$113,776,550

Expenses

$97,304,690

Net Income

$16,471,860

Net Assets

$19,928,957

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$112,887,776	99.2%
Program Services	$209,122	0.2%
Investment Income	$10,225	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$11,395	0.0%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$658,032	0.6%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,149,602	1.2%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$28,765,522	29.6%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$36,122,323
Total Liabilities	$16,193,366
Net Assets	$19,928,957

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Emily Seidel (Ceo)	$588,230	$103,805	$45,632
Tim Phillips (President (Outgoing))	$478,923	$0	$43,662
Brent Gardner (Chief Govt Affairs Officer)	$354,827	$0	$26,739
Chase Downham (Senior Vp Of Grassroots)	$313,111	$34,790	$37,498
Jorge Lima (Senior Vp Of Policy)	$306,520	$26,654	$45,153
Nathan Nascimento (Executive Vice President)	$275,486	$0	$28,659
Daniel Garza (President, Libre)	$247,536	$50,700	$21,441
Derrick Sontag (Vp Of State Operations)	$246,325	$0	$34,917
Mark Holden (Chairman)	$0	$0	$0
James Davis (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Alex Varban (Treasurer/Vp (Outgoing))	$0	$0	$0
Jeff Ogar (Secretary)	$0	$0	$0
Rob Jentgens (Treasurer (Incoming))	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$64,546,338

Expenses

$78,329,056

Net Income

-$13,782,718

Net Assets

$3,457,097

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$58,407,295	90.5%
Program Services	$5,884,445	9.1%
Investment Income	$47,551	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$101,249	0.2%
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$105,798	0.2%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$789,198	1.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$28,147,285	35.9%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$15,693,509
Total Liabilities	$12,236,412
Net Assets	$3,457,097

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Tim Phillips (President)	$266,537	$0	$45,124
Emily Seidel (Ceo)	$232,449	$7,189	$44,523
Daniel Pearson (Policy Fellow Trade)	$213,059	$4,348	$17,222
Alison Winters (Senior Policy Fellow)	$205,307	$0	$26,009
Brent Gardner (Vp/Government Affairs)	$194,150	$0	$24,646
Chase Downham (Senior Vp Of Grassroots)	$169,917	$23,171	$36,345
Daniel Garza (Executive Director, Libre)	$152,077	$45,425	$20,686
Michael Mattox (Vp, Legal & Judiciary Strategy)	$128,549	$89,331	$40,987
Jeff Ogar (Secretary)	$0	$498,074	$45,440
Alex Varban (Treasurer/Vice President)	$0	$191,130	$34,988
Victor Bernson (Secretary, Vp & Gen. Counsel)	$0	$96,291	$12,540
Frayda Levin (Chairman (Partial))	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director (Partial))	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director (Partial))	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director (Partial))	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Davis (Director)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$54,497,443

Expenses

$56,999,314

Net Income

-$2,501,871

Net Assets

$17,239,815

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$52,623,885	96.6%
Program Services	$1,226,283	2.3%
Investment Income	$178,719	0.3%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$468,556	0.9%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,655,871	2.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$21,181,640	37.2%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$21,995,158
Total Liabilities	$4,755,343
Net Assets	$17,239,815

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Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Emily Seidel (Chief Executive Officer)	$575,223	$11,740	$52,584
Tim Phillips (President)	$467,521	$0	$46,909
Brent Gardner (Vp/Government Affairs)	$342,034	$0	$23,307
Chase Downham (Sr. Vp State Operations)	$276,184	$77,898	$40,045
Macarthur Zimmerman (Sr. Vp Of Government Affairs)	$263,778	$0	$31,979
Jorge Lima (Senior Vp Of Policy)	$215,734	$92,458	$49,264
Daniel Garza (Executive Director)	$205,409	$83,900	$19,210
Victor Bernson (Secretary, Vp & General Counsel)	$186,330	$79,855	$27,071
Slade O'brien (Vp, Grassroots Leadership)	$4,540	$222,481	$47,773
Robert Heaton (Former Treasurer)	$0	$342,009	$45,423
Alex Varban (Treasurer & Vp Of Finance & Analysis)	$0	$225,639	$39,477
Gary Castellaw (Treasurer & Vp Finance (Part Year))	$0	$62,216	$2,585
Frayda Levin (Chairman)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Davis (Director)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 16, 2020

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$96,544,184

Expenses

$89,615,828

Net Income

$6,928,356

Net Assets

$19,741,686

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$95,722,278	99.1%
Program Services	$350,000	0.4%
Investment Income	$95,898	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	-$9,998
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$386,006	0.4%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,550,399	1.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$20,454,550	22.8%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$22,419,326
Total Liabilities	$2,677,640
Net Assets	$19,741,686

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Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Emily Seidel (Chief Executive Officer)	$464,556	$199,096	$35,553
Tim Phillips (President)	$453,190	$0	$41,657
Chase Downham (Sr. Vp State Ops & Grassroots Strat.)	$226,724	$97,167	$32,613
Brent Gardner (Vp/Government Affairs)	$225,311	$96,562	$24,316
Daniel Garza (Executive Director)	$198,913	$85,249	$18,899
Jorge Lima (Senior Vp Of Policy)	$197,384	$84,592	$43,362
Victor Bernson (Secretary, Vp & General Counsel)	$179,449	$76,907	$25,093
Teresa Oelke (Senior Vp Of State Ops.(Part Year))	$105,662	$45,283	$17,628
Slade O'brien (Vp, Grassroots Leadership)	$24,805	$223,241	$41,229
David Johnson (Sr. Director Of Training/Cir. Dev.)	$18,250	$164,250	$27,911
Frayda Levin (Chairman)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Davis (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Gary Castellaw (Treasurer, Vp Of Financial Planning)	$0	$0	$0
Robert Heaton (Treasurer (Part Year))	$0	$0	$0
Josh Fisher (Treasurer (Part Year))	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$57,578,959

Expenses

$51,688,505

Net Income

$5,890,454

Net Assets

$12,813,330

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$56,996,170	99.0%
Program Services	$210	0.0%
Investment Income	$33,965	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$548,614	1.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,262,465	2.4%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$15,562,862	30.1%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$15,506,343
Total Liabilities	$2,693,013
Net Assets	$12,813,330

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Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Tim Phillips (President)	$429,462	$0	$32,333
Brent Gardner (Vp/Government Affairs)	$194,124	$83,196	$16,119
Daniel Garza (Executive Director)	$192,096	$82,327	$16,017
Chase Downham (Sr. Vp Of State Ops & Grassroots Str.)	$190,959	$81,839	$25,062
Jorge Lima (Senior Vp Of Policy)	$178,161	$76,355	$30,328
Emily Seidel (Chief Executive Officer)	$177,122	$75,910	$27,946
Slade O'brien (Vp, Grassroots Leadership Academy)	$171,564	$73,527	$22,424
Luke Hilgemann (Chief Executive Officer (Part Year))	$169,448	$72,620	$20,654
Victor Bernson (Secretary, Vp & General Counsel)	$167,211	$71,662	$15,080
Teresa Oelke (Senior Vp Of State Operations)	$123,638	$52,988	$30,860
Sean Lansing (Former Coo (Part Year))	$112,258	$48,110	$13,100
Timothy Carnahan (Treasurer, Cfo)	$87,466	$87,466	$15,416
Frayda Levin (Chairman)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 14, 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$64,022,276

Expenses

$58,306,180

Net Income

$5,716,096

Net Assets

$6,922,940

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$63,744,929	99.6%
Program Services	$97,572	0.2%
Investment Income	$24,179	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	-$10,630
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$166,226	0.3%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,817,347	3.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$213,617	0.4%
Other Salaries and Wages	$17,154,737	29.4%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$11,076,564
Total Liabilities	$4,153,624
Net Assets	$6,922,940

Provided first-class or charter travel

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Tim Phillips (President)	$371,775	$27,983	$32,020
Brent Gardner (Vp/Government Affairs)	$268,664	$2,714	$17,956
Luke Hilgemann (Ceo)	$227,337	$218,421	$31,598
Alex Guerreiro (Vp Of Hr)	$186,920	$87,962	$30,682
Teresa Oelke (Vp, State Operations)	$174,984	$86,186	$20,357
Chase Downham (Regional Director)	$141,802	$83,281	$24,868
John Pike (Vp Of Technology)	$139,563	$65,677	$22,512
Sean Lansing (Chief Operating Officer)	$125,756	$77,076	$15,194
Phillip Joffrion (Regional Director)	$125,586	$76,972	$13,668
Christopher Fink (Coo)	$115,240	$214,018	$31,945
Dustin Zvonek (Regional Director)	$110,780	$110,780	$28,026
Mark Lucas (Regional Director)	$101,546	$124,112	$9,322
Victor Bernson (Secretary, Vp & General Counsel)	$79,979	$155,252	$16,362
Robert Heaton (Treasurer, Cfo (Part Year))	$51,284	$53,378	$13,397
Timothy Carnahan (Treasurer, Cfo)	$48,230	$61,385	$5,116
Slade O'brien (Vp/Grassroots Leadership A)	$8,472	$203,318	$17,147
Jennifer Stefano (Vp Bridge To Well Being (Part Year))	$2,946	$70,712	$15
Frayda Levin (Chairman/Director)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 9, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$44,382,585

Expenses

$45,727,933

Net Income

-$1,345,348

Net Assets

$1,206,844

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$44,205,731	99.6%
Program Services	$127,228	0.3%
Investment Income	$0
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	-$633
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$50,259	0.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,404,916	3.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$206,387	0.5%
Other Salaries and Wages	$13,830,980	30.2%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$6,887,540
Total Liabilities	$5,680,696
Net Assets	$1,206,844

Provided first-class or charter travel

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Tim Phillips (President)	$339,851	$50,782	$28,989
Brent Gardner (Vp/Government Affairs)	$170,422	$42,605	$15,208
Robert Heaton (Cfo)	$141,977	$147,772	$26,912
Teresa Oelke (Vp, State Operations)	$136,546	$121,088	$26,304
Luke Hilgemann (Ceo)	$129,950	$263,837	$28,989
Chase Downham (Regional Director)	$110,484	$90,396	$27,204
Victor Bernson (Vp & General Counsel)	$103,892	$155,838	$17,168
Adam Stryker Part Year (Vp Strategic Initiatives)	$101,562	$79,799	$19,818
Mark Lucas (Regional Director)	$99,360	$91,717	$4,351
Peter Schalestock (Deputy General Council)	$98,301	$83,738	$14,487
Christopher Fink (Coo)	$92,330	$237,419	$27,781
Derrick Sontag (Senior Regional Director)	$85,992	$109,445	$9,823
Dennis Vegas Part Year (Cmo)	$71,777	$145,730	$10,797
Dustin Zvonek (Regional Director)	$67,018	$124,462	$26,660
Slade O'brien (Vp/Grassroots Leadership A)	$6,517	$210,731	$18,389
Jennifer Stefano (Vp Bridge To Well Being)	$3,723	$182,431	$825
Frayda Levin (Chairman/Director)	$0	$0	$0
Richard Fink Part Year (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$82,682,125

Expenses

$90,412,075

Net Income

-$7,729,950

Net Assets

$2,552,192

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$82,499,013	99.8%
Program Services	$182,784	0.2%
Investment Income	$328	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$1,312,085	1.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$154,482	0.2%
Other Salaries and Wages	$12,268,457	13.6%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$7,611,462
Total Liabilities	$5,059,270
Net Assets	$2,552,192

Provided first-class or charter travel

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Christopher Fink (Vp, Development)	$233,598	$62,096	$37,877
Tim Phillips (President)	$142,436	$253,219	$39,909
Teresa Oelke (Vp, State Operations)	$134,674	$101,596	$34,703
Robert Stuber (Director Of Development )	$134,088	$35,644	$17,378
Mark Lucas (Regional Director)	$130,553	$26,740	$2,474
Adam Stryker (Interim Cto)	$127,973	$71,985	$31,918
Robert Heaton (Cfo)	$121,062	$136,516	$13,819
Chase Downham (Regional Director)	$119,336	$46,408	$22,305
Luke Hilgemann (Chief Operating Officer)	$100,251	$245,442	$32,894
Victor Bernson (Vp & General Counsel)	$90,921	$154,811	$20,205
Derrick Sontag (State Director)	$76,797	$110,512	$10,803
Dennis Vegas (Cmo)	$75,473	$72,513	$8,781
John Flynn (Former General Counsel)	$61,916	$46,708	$4,719
David From (State Director)	$52,083	$105,745	$32,460
Slade O'brien (Vp/Grassroots Leadership Academy)	$50,141	$142,710	$26,371
Jennifer Stefano (Vp Of Value Added Events)	$49,485	$127,247	$7,579
Nolan Ingebrigtson (Interim Cfo (Partial Year))	$49,398	$0	$3,025
Richard Fink (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Frayda Levin (Chairman/Director)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Holden (Director)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 11, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$44,245,689

Expenses

$34,791,542

Net Income

$9,454,147

Net Assets

$10,282,142

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$44,213,113	99.9%
Program Services	$32,576	0.1%
Investment Income	$0
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$565,100	1.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$325,812	0.9%
Other Salaries and Wages	$2,592,533	7.5%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$12,656,629
Total Liabilities	$2,374,487
Net Assets	$10,282,142

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Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Tim Phillips (President)	$206,010	$137,340	$31,132
Robert Stuber (Director Of Development Direct)	$95,496	$61,504	$10,977
Christopher Fink (Sr Officer, External Affai)	$60,954	$199,523	$14,437
John Flynn Partial Year (Vp, Secretary, General Cou)	$60,615	$113,089	$12,598
Teresa Oelke (State Director)	$59,764	$138,119	$8,092
Jeff Crank Partial Year (Chief Operating Officer)	$46,676	$74,999	$23,995
Eric Wang Partial Year (Interim Legal Counsel)	$36,838	$95,587	$9,095
Steve Corder Partial Year (Vp, Treasurer, Cfo)	$35,684	$51,351	$12,982
Luke Hilgemann (Chief Operating Officer)	$35,038	$182,185	$14,737
Derrick Sontag (State Director)	$30,570	$131,102	$11,502
David From (State Director)	$28,560	$86,684	$21,894
Jp Degance Partial Year (Vp External Affairs)	$7,225	$40,940	$4,349
Victor Bernson (Vp & General Counsel)	$6,348	$41,384	$2,486
Corey Lewandowski (Regional Director Of State Operations)	$299	$127,703	$25,519
Richard Fink (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy Pfotenhauer (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Miller (Director)	$0	$0	$0
James Stephenson (Director)	$0	$0	$0
Frayda Levin (Chairman/Director)	$0	$0	$0
Nolan Ingebrigtson (Cfo/Treasurer)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Jan. 15, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$115,126,635

Expenses

$122,250,942

Net Income

-$7,124,307

Net Assets

$827,995

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$115,011,549	99.9%
Program Services	$74,496	0.1%
Investment Income	$31,464	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	-$89
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$9,215	0.0%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$745,910	0.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$350,177	0.3%
Other Salaries and Wages	$6,347,805	5.2%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,502,380
Total Liabilities	$1,674,385
Net Assets	$827,995

990

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$25,606,023

Expenses

$17,697,139

Net Income

$7,908,884

Net Assets

$7,952,302

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$25,408,358	99.2%
Program Services	$26,657	0.1%
Investment Income	$37,421	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$133,587	0.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$541,428	3.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$30,417	0.2%
Other Salaries and Wages	$2,084,153	11.8%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$8,890,280
Total Liabilities	$937,978
Net Assets	$7,952,302

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

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Revenue $186M (2023)

Expenses $168M (2023)

Total Assets $45M (2023)

Total Liabilities $30.3M (2023)

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$186M (2023)

Expenses

$168M (2023)

Total Assets

$45M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$30.3M (2023)

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