Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ACHIEVE SIMPLE, SENSIBLE TAX POLICY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS BY PRODUCING AND DISSEMINATING BASIC INFORMATION AND ECONOMICALLY PRINCIPLED ANALYSIS OF TAX POLICY ISSUES AND THE SIZE OF THE TAX BURDEN BORNE BY AMERICANS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
THE TAX FOUNDATION IS THE NATION'S LEADING INDEPENDENT TAX POLICY NONPROFIT. SINCE 1937, OUR PRINCIPLED RESEARCH, INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS, AND ENGAGED EXPERTS HAVE INFORMED SMARTER TAX POLICY AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND GLOBAL LEVELS. FOR OVER 80 YEARS, OUR GOAL HAS REMAINED THE SAME: TO IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH TAX POLICIES THAT LEAD TO GREATER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY.
FEDERAL TAX POLICY PROGRAMS PROMOTES SOUND TAX POLICY IN WASHINGTON D.C. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES OBJECTIVE DATA AND ANALYSIS ON TAX POLICY, USING SEVERAL TOOLS, INCLUDING DYNAMIC SCORING MODEL, RESEARCH AND WRITING, CAPITOL HILL BRIEFINGS, AND CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY. THE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE GO-TO RESOURCE ON FEDERAL TAX ISSUES FOR POLICYMAKERS. IN 2019, THE STAFF CONDUCTED MORE THAN 80 CAPITOL HILL MEETINGS AND BRIEFINGS, AND PRODUCED DOZENS ON REPORTS AND BLOG POSTS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT RECEIVED NEARLY 4,000 CITATIONS IN LEADING MEDIA OUTLETS.
STATE TAX POLICY PROGRAMS PROMOTES STATE TAX REFORM WITH COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORTS, RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS, AND IN-DEPTH STATE-SPECIFIC STUDIES. IN 2019, THE FOUNDATION TESTIFIED OR PRESENTED TO OFFICIALS IN 28 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE FOUNDATION IS OFTEN LOOKED TO BY LEGISLATORS, TAXPAYERS, AND THE MEDIA TO RECOMMEND TAX REFORM OPTIONS OR PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF TAX PLANS. THE FOUNDATION'S ANALYSIS, AND STUDIES SUCH AS THE STATE BUSINESS TAX CLIMATE INDEX, INFORM THE TAX REFORM DEBATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL TO MAJOR TAX CHANGES IN MANY STATES. IN 2019, THE STATE BUSINESS TAX CLIMATE INDEX WAS DOWNLOADED AND VIEWED NEARLY 200,000 TIMES.
RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION -THE FOUNDATION'S MARKETING TEAM MAKES TAX POLICY ENGAGING AND ACCESSIBLE TO TAXPAYERS, LEGISLATORS, AND THE MEDIA THROUGH INNOVATIVE, MULTICHANNEL CAMPAIGNS. THE FOUNDATION'S TEAM DELIVERS HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, IN A FORMAT THAT PROMOTES DEEPER UNDERSTANDING USING TOOLS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, INTERACTIVE WEB EXPERIENCES, AND EMAIL. IN 2019, THE FOUNDATION EARNED 18,494 MEDIA CITATIONS IN THE WORLD'S TOP NEWS OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NBC, FOX NEWS, AND NPR; ITS EXPERTS WERE MENTIONED ON TV AND RADIO 2,091 TIMES; TAXFOUNDATION.ORG WAS VISITED 16.4 MILLION TIMES; ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS EARNED 19 MILLION IMPRESSIONS; ITS DIGITAL ADVERTISING RESULTED IN 5.8 MILLION IMPRESSIONS; AND ITS REPORTS WERE DOWNLOADED 538,637 TIMES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Joseph Henchman | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT | 40 | $345,389 |
| Scott Hodge President | AND BOARD SECRETARY | 40 | $297,085 |
| Michael Vogler Vice President | OF CORPORATE GIVING | 40 | $161,820 |
| Nicole Kaeding | DIR. OF FEDERAL PROJECTS | 40 | $142,508 |
| Michael Lucci Vice President | OF STATE PROJECTS | 40 | $118,769 |
| Kyle Pomerleau Vice President | FEDERAL TAX POLICY | 40 | $116,765 |
| Dennis Groth | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Pamela Olson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Roesser | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Nicholson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Kranz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Mcgill | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| The Honorable Philip English | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| James W Lintott | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| David P Lewis | CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
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