Program areas at American Oversight
Legal & research: American Oversight conducts research into government operations, files open records requests to obtain information from the government, and litigates to enforce those open records requests. The organization has filed more than 10,500 open records requests since 2017 and obtained more than 2,500,000 pages of public records.
Education & outreach: American Oversight educates the public about our investigations and findings by engaging with the news media, other organizations, and directly via our website and social media platforms. The organization maintains an extensive publicly available online library of documents obtained via our open records requests and litigation.
Who funds American Oversight
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at American Oversight
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Daniel Schwager | Chief Counsel | $206,718 | 2022-12-31 |
| Heather Sawyer | Executive Director | $145,860 | 2023-10-24 |
| Shira Weiner | Director of Human Resources and Operations | | 2022-05-01 |
| Clark Pettig | Communications Director | $152,178 | 2022-12-31 |
| Miranda Keating | Research Director | $124,672 | 2022-05-01 |
| ...and 8 more key personnel |
Financials for American Oversight
| Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $6,266,384 | $7,736,212 | -19% |
| Program services | $161,568 | $191,203 | -15.5% |
| Investment income and dividends | $156,678 | $28,616 | 447.5% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $6,584,630 | $7,956,031 | -17.2% |
Organizations like American Oversight
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| Center for Public Interest Research | 501(c)(3) | Boston, MA | $3,311,614 |
| Verified Voting Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Philadelphia, PA | $1,997,161 |
| State Innovation Exchange | 501(c)(3) | Madison, WI | $8,461,698 |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $2,370,686 |
| Worth Rises | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $2,383,721 |
| NC Budget and Tax Center | 501(c)(3) | Durham, NC | $2,703,395 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Austin, TX | $21,249,819 |
| The Bell Policy Center | 501(c)(3) | Denver, CO | $1,657,929 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | 501(c)(3) | San Francisco, CA | $17,954,838 |
| Lexington Institute | 501(c)(3) | Arlington, VA | $2,006,919 |
Data update history
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $500,000 from Sandler Foundation December 3, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 2, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
November 27, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsCharities
Issues
Public policyVoting rights
Characteristics
LobbyingNational levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 1400 K St NW 800
- Washington, DC 20005
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- County
- District of Columbia, DC
- Website URL
- americanoversight.org/aboutÂ
- Phone
- (202) 869-5246
IRS details
- EIN
- 81-5294830
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2017
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- R05: Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
- NAICS code, primary
- 813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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