American Action Network INC: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 27-0730508)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021	$29.6M
FY2022	$89.9M
FY2023	$46.2M
FY2024	$74.1M
FY2025	$57.0M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021	$35.0M
FY2022	$62.4M
FY2023	$65.7M
FY2024	$54.4M
FY2025	$74.2M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021	$3.2M
FY2022	$30.6M
FY2023	$11.1M
FY2024	$30.8M
FY2025	$11.9M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2010.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

90%

Program services 90% · $59.3M Management & general 7% · $4.4M Fundraising 3% · $2.0M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII

Daniel Conston

President

$582,339Pt VII · Sec A

Nicholas Bouknight

Director of Issue Advocacy

$172,152Pt VII · Sec A

Domenic Re

Director of Polling

$159,020Pt VII · Sec A

Stephanie Fenjiro

Director of Operations

$137,172Pt VII · Sec A

Cara Edmundowicz

Director of Development

$132,857Pt VII · Sec A

Calvin Moore

Communications Director

$128,967Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Choudhry

Director of Research

$104,492Pt VII · Sec A

Tom Reynolds

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Conston’s $1.2M as President-Left 121524 is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Daniel Conston	$1,181,531	$1,367,801	$582,339	$525,782	$377,541
Domenic Re	$307,776	$227,306	$159,020	—	—
Meredith Allen	$217,980	$154,964	—	—	—
Nicholas Bouknight	—	—	$172,152	$192,088	—
Stephanie Fenjiro	$146,263	$149,200	$137,172	$142,226	$124,418
Greg Butcher	$137,685	$120,256	—	—	—
Cara Edmundowicz	—	—	$132,857	$112,876	$72,261
Jennifer Choudhry	$120,580	$131,714	$104,492	$127,458	$72,185

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes center-right policies based on freedom, limited government, and strong national security.

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1 program · $59.3M · in their own filed words · FY2022

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American Action Network conducted extensive issue advocacy and grassroots mobilization, utilizing a range of strategies such as television advertising, direct mail, automated phone calls, digital advocacy, public opinion surveys, and grants to allied organizations.

$59.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaFY2024$4.0M

Ardleigh Impact CorpFY2024$200K

Cedar Innovation Foundation INCFY2024$70K

American Property Casualty Insurance AssociationFY2024$50K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$4.3M

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Grants paid · 62 grants · $154.9M · 2020–2024

Congressional Leadership FundFY2024$27,780,000

Common Sense Leadership Fund INCVA · FY2024$2,450,000

Republican Jewish CoalitionDC · FY2024$1,300,000

Republican Main Street PartnershipDC · FY2024$1,200,000

Wmc Issues Mobilization Council INCWI · FY2024$1,000,000

Winning for Women INCDC · FY2024$750,000

Right Vote INCDC · FY2024$750,000

Eighteen Fiftyfour FundFY2024$400,000

Ohio WorksVA · FY2024$400,000

The Suburban ProjectDC · FY2024$80,000

Center for Campaign InnovationVA · FY2024$50,000

Congressional Leadership FundFY2023$20,000,000

Common Sense Leadership Fund INCVA · FY2023$2,000,000

Republican Main Street PartnershipDC · FY2023$1,600,000

Republican Jewish CoalitionDC · FY2023$1,000,000

Coalition for Prosperous Communities INCDC · FY2023$1,000,000

Winning for Women INCDC · FY2023$750,000

Right Vote INCDC · FY2023$750,000

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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$46.2M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$46.2M

Money outPt IX

$65.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$59.3M

Managementcol C$4.4M

Fundraisingcol D$2.0M

Owns and owesPt X

$11.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.8M

Total assetsLn 16$16.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$5.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

16

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$46.2M

Total revenueLn 12$46.2M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$11.8M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$128K

Other assetsLn 15$89K

Total assetsLn 16$16.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$5.2M

Net assetsLn 32$11.1M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 525

VolunteersI 63

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$30.6M	$11.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$144K	$128K
Total assetsLn 16	$31.4M	$16.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$789K	$5.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$30.6M	$11.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$40.6M	$40.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.3M	$610K	$312K	$357K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.4M	$518K	$794K	$104K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$10K	$3K	$6K	$859
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$138K	$51K	$78K	$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$146K	$61K	$68K	$17K
Legal feesLn 11b	$2.9M	$255K	$2.6M	$79K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$130K		$130K
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$16.5M	$16.5M
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$1.3M			$1.3M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$630K	$479K	$151K
Office expensesLn 13	$33K	$15K	$8K	$10K
Information technologyLn 14	$90K	$26K	$46K	$18K
OccupancyLn 16	$383K	$159K	$161K	$63K
TravelLn 17	$109K	$38K	$21K	$51K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$73K	$18K	$18K	$37K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$24K	$10K	$10K	$4K
InsuranceLn 23	$8K		$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$65.7M	$59.3M	$4.4M	$2.0M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$57.0M	$74.2M	−$17.2M	$11.9M	990 PDF
FY2024	$74.1M	$54.4M	$19.7M	$30.8M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$46.2M	$65.7M	−$19.5M	$11.1M	990 PDF
FY2022	$89.9M	$62.4M	$27.4M	$30.6M	990 PDF
FY2021	$29.6M	$35.0M	−$5.3M	$3.2M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $46,157,056 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $89,872,703$46,157,056

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $89,872,703$46,157,056

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $31,585,875$40,560,000

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,058,338$2,989,247

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $887,149$1,266,159

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $27,917,161$20,851,946

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $62,448,523$65,667,352

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $27,424,180−$19,510,296

Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members3

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $46,157,056 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$46,157,056

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$46,157,056

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$46,157,056

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $65,667,352 across 18 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $40,560,000$40,560,000

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $609,850 · Management $312,331 · Fundraising $357,468$1,279,649

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $517,575 · Management $794,492 · Fundraising $103,677$1,415,744

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,481 · Management $5,509 · Fundraising $859$9,849

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $50,625 · Management $77,711 · Fundraising $10,141$138,477

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $60,738 · Management $68,231 · Fundraising $16,559$145,528

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $255,185 · Management $2,556,633 · Fundraising $79,181$2,890,999

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $129,645$129,645

IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $16,480,538$16,480,538

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $1,266,159$1,266,159

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $478,838 · Management $150,875$629,713

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,138 · Management $7,554 · Fundraising $10,450$33,142

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $25,572 · Management $46,159 · Fundraising $17,928$89,659

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $159,192 · Management $161,243 · Fundraising $62,625$383,060

IX-17 TravelPrograms $38,004 · Management $20,595 · Fundraising $50,609$109,208

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $17,992 · Management $18,224 · Fundraising $37,272$73,488

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,016 · Management $10,146 · Fundraising $3,940$24,102

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,392$8,392

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $59,282,744 · Management $4,367,740 · Fundraising $2,016,868$65,667,352

Part X · Balance sheet $16,275,578 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $30,613,817$11,771,510

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $220,034$91,799

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $337,452$107,045

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $143,831$128,135

X-14 Intangible assets$4,088,016

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $89,073$89,073

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $31,404,207$16,275,578

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $257,646$437,671

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $531,640$4,733,282

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $789,286$5,170,953

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $30,445,946$9,604,619

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $168,975$1,500,006

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $30,614,921$11,104,625

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $31,404,207$16,275,578

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,104,625 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$46,157,056

XI-2 Total expenses$65,667,352

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$19,510,296

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$30,614,921

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,104,625

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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