Public Charity

CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS

CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS is a Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.3M revenue, $1.2M expenses, $1.1M total assets. 5 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $178K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 842581279 Washington, DC Support N.E.C. NTEE: R19 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.3M
Total Expenses$1.2M
Total Assets$1.1M
Grant Records5
Funding Total$178K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The Center for Taxpayer Rights is dedicated to furthering taxpayers' awareness of and access to taxpayer rights. The Center accomplishes its mission, in part, by educating the public and government officials about the role taxpayer rights plays in promoting compliance and trust in systems of taxation.

Where $100 goes at Center for Taxpayer Rights

How Center for Taxpayer Rights divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$98 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $98 for programs

$53
Effective Tax Administration Programs/Projects
54% of program spending
$41
Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Support Center
42% of program spending
$4
International Conference on Taxpayer Rights (ICTR)
4% of program spending
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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.

Sample Grants Received

2020
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$15,100
2020
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$10,000
2020
GENERAL ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
$5,000

Showing up to 5 of 5 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Director Alice Thomas
Director, Secretary Elizabeth Atkinson
Deputy Director (former), Board member (current) Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan
Director, Senior Fellow Leslie Book
Senior Attorney Nicholas Xanthopoulos
Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y Nina E Olson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$147,726 2 grants
General Support
$30,100 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.3M $1.2M $1.1M
2024 $1.1M $816K $1.0M
2023 $1.3M $1.1M $805K
2022 $250K $241K $742K
2021 $172K $66K $170K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $172K to $1.3M (+643%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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