American Action Forum Inc

WASHINGTON, DC EIN: 27-0567765 Website

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.

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$2.3M

+18.6% YoY

Annual Giving

Grant Count

0

Avg Grant Size

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$4M$5M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$2,321,019$1,957,113$1,490,387
Revenue$3,975,124$4,319,992$3,351,495
Expenses$3,748,598$3,885,369$3,391,847
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$59,041$28,057$3,263
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K1 grants20200 grants20210 grants20220 grants20230 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2024

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKINPRESIDENT$306KSARAH SMITHCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER$179KROBERT GRAYDIRECTOR OF FISCAL POLICY$177KTHOMAS DANIEL RYANCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER$167KANGELA KUCKDIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS$160KFREDERICK ASHTONDIRECTOR OF COMPETITION POLICY$128KTHOMAS KINGSLEYDIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVIC…$124K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
NORM COLEMANDIRECTOR1
KEVIN BRADYDIRECTOR (AS OF 3/18/24)1
KEN KIESDIRECTOR1
BOBBIE KILBERGDIRECTOR1
LAUREN MADDOXCHAIRMAN1
JOHN MCKERNANSECRETARY/TREASURER1
SUSAN MOLINARIDIRECTOR1
STEPHANIE MONROEDIRECTOR1
JC WATTSDIRECTOR (AS OF 11/14/23)1
SARAH SMITHCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER40$178,968
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKINPRESIDENT40$306,000
THOMAS DANIEL RYANCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER40$166,690
THOMAS KINGSLEYDIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES POLICY40$124,068
ANGELA KUCKDIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS40$159,810
ROBERT GRAYDIRECTOR OF FISCAL POLICY40$176,637
FREDERICK ASHTONDIRECTOR OF COMPETITION POLICY40$127,759

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

Cities

Washington

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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