EIN 81-5294830

American Oversight

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
52
Year formed
2017
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
American Oversight uses litigation, communications, and research to expose corruption in government. The organization educates the public about investigations and findings through media outreach and social media engagement. American Oversight conducts extensive research into government operations, files open records requests, and litigates to enforce those requests. To date, American Oversight has filed over 5,000 open records requests.
Total revenues
$7,956,031
2022
Total expenses
$6,230,637
2022
Total assets
$6,487,590
2022
Num. employees
52
2022

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
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$3,255,350
Wellspring Philanthropic FundOperating Support$1,250,000
Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable TrustGeneral Purpose$500,000
...and 8 more grants received

Personnel at American Oversight

NameTitleCompensation
Daniel SchwagerChief Counsel$206,718
Heather SawyerExecutive Director$145,860
Shira WeinerDirector of Human Resources and Operations
Clark PettigCommunications Director$152,178
Miranda KeatingResearch Director$124,672
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for American Oversight

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$7,736,212
Program services$191,203
Investment income and dividends$28,616
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$7,956,031

Form 990s for American Oversight

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-10-24990View PDF
2021-122022-05-16990View PDF
2020-122021-05-21990View PDF
2019-122020-12-11990View PDF
2018-122019-07-05990View PDF
...and 1 more Form 990
Data update history
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
November 27, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $1,250,000 from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsCharities
Issues
Public policyVoting rights
Characteristics
LobbyingNational levelTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1400 K St NW 800
Washington, DC 20005
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Website URL
americanoversight.org/about 
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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