Public Charity

AMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC

AMERICAN ACTION FORUM INC is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.4M revenue, $4.1M expenses, $2.4M total assets. 60 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 270567765 WASHINGTON, DC Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: V05 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.4M
Total Expenses$4.1M
Total Assets$2.4M
Grant Records60
Funding Total$6.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

AAF IS DEDICATED TO BROAD PUBLIC EDUCATION ON DOMESTIC AND ECONOMIC ISSUES, USING MODERN COMMUNICATION TOOLS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND PROPOSE POLICY SOLUTIONS. IT ENGAGES IN POLICY RESEARCH BASED ON DATA AND PROVIDES COMMENTARY ON DOMESTIC ECONOMIC POLICY IDEAS.

Where $100 goes at American Action Forum Inc

How American Action Forum Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $82 for programs

$82
American Action Forum (aaf) has core areas of policy research in the following policy issue areas: competition economics, energy, fiscal policy, education, financial services, health care, immigration, international…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Angela Kuck
DIRECTOR Bobbie Kilberg
PRESIDENT Douglas Holtz-Eakin
DIR OF COMPETITION POLICY Frederick Ashton
DIRECTOR Jc Watts
DIR OF TECHNOLOGY/INNOVATION POLICY Jeffrey Westling

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,067,500 48 grants
Human & Social Services
$310,000 3 grants
Education
$265,000 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$150,000 1 grant
Economic Development
$100,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.4M $4.1M $2.4M
2024 $4.0M $3.7M $2.3M
2023 $4.3M $3.9M $2.0M
2022 $3.4M $3.4M $1.5M
2021 $4.4M $4.2M $1.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $4.4M, with total assets most recently reported at $2.4M.

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