Nonprofit · EIN 33-1185369
AHA FOUNDATION INC
Also known as MACKENZIE MCNAUGHTON
Tax-exempt · BETHESDA, MD 20816
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,187,403 | $1,302,038 | -$114,635 | $928,999 | $61,236 | $867,763 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,091,090 | $1,465,142 | -$374,052 | $1,017,814 | $35,416 | $982,398 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,154,091
- of which government grants
- $37,627
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $33,312
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $10,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $353,772
- Other salaries and wages
- $294,790
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $770,283
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,972
- Accounting fees
- $32,234
- Travel
- $41,308
- Program services (functional)
- $937,580
- Management and general (functional)
- $223,379
- Fundraising (functional)
- $141,079
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,017,814
- Total assets, end of year
- $928,999
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $61,236
- Net assets, end of year
- $867,763
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $691,522
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $176,241
- Gross receipts
- $1,187,403
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 1
- Year formed
- 2007
- State of legal domicile
- DC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE ZARUBIN- OUTGOING | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $200,230 | $12,252 |
| AMANDA PARKER | INTERIM EXEC DIRECTOR/CFO Officer | 20 | $153,542 | $13,964 |
| AYAAN HIRSI ALI | FOUNDER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN BOREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER DEMUTH | CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH WEISS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ZUHDI JASSER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD SEITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBRA COPLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSA ZEEGERS | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KERSTIN MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TREY DIMSDALE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE ZARUBIN- OUTGOING | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $300,000 | $54,473 |
| AMANDA PARKER | INTERIM EXEC DIRECTOR/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Officer | 20 | $75,000 | $9,631 |
| AYAAN HIRSI ALI | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $25,000 | $0 |
| JOAN BOREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER DEMUTH | CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH WEISS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ZUHDI JASSER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD SEITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBRA COPLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSA ZEEGERS | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KERSTIN MARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 5237 RIVER RD STE 333, BETHESDA, MD 20816-1415
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- AYAAN H ALI, 5237 RIVER ROAD 333, BETHESDA, MD 20816
- Signed the 990
- JOSEPH WEISS, TREASURER
- Phone
- (201) 254-7732
- Website
- WWW.THEAHAFOUNDATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- PELLINI GOLD CORDES LLC
Mission
AHA FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING, PROTECTING, AND PROMOTING LIBERAL FREEDOMS AND IDEALS.
Program accomplishments
- ALERTFEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT - IN 2024, AHA FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO LEAD THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO END FGM.AHA WORKED CLOSELY WITH LEGISLATORS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON PENDING ANTI FGM LEGISLATION AND SUPPORTED A BILL DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL PROTECTIONS FOR GIRLS AT RISK.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WHITE & CASE LLP AND REED SMITH LLP, AHA PRODUCED 8 NEW STATE-SPECIFIC GUIDES DETAILING THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF FGM SURVIVORS. IN TOTAL SINCE 2007, AHA HAS TRAINED 6,512 INDIVIDUALS AND FRONTLINE SERVICE PROVIDERS THROUGH COURSES, WEBINARS, AND LIVE PRESENTATIONS-INCLUDING 1,498 PROFESSIONALS TRAINED IN 2024 ALONE.PARTNERS INCLUDED THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS, THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. A NEW FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WILL STRENGTHEN AHA'S ABILITY TO COMBAT FGM IN CHICAGO'S NORTHSIDE, WHERE THE WE STOP FGM/C PROGRAM CONTINUES TO DRIVE COMMUNITY AWARENESS.CHILD MARRIAGE LEGISLATION - IN 2024, AHA FOUNDATION SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR CHILD MARRIAGE BANS IN WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE-BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES THAT HAVE ENDED CHILD MARRIAGE TO 13.IN MISSOURI, AHA JOINED CHILD MARRIAGE SURVIVORS AND BILL SPONSORS IN PRESS CONFERENCES TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS.DESPITE LEGISLATIVE SETBACKS, ADVOCACY WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT SESSION. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AHA DRAFTED LEGISLATION AIMED AT CLOSING IMMIGRATION LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW CHILD MARRIAGE.IN CALIFORNIA, AHA CONTINUED TO PUSH FOR A STATEWIDE BAN AND ENGAGED DIRECTLY WITH LEGISLATORS AND SURVIVORS TO DRIVE CHANGE.TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS ON FGM, CHILD MARRIAGE & HONOR VIOLENCE. IN 2024, AHA FOUNDATION PROVIDED TARGETED TRAINING TO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, ADVOCATES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS NATIONWIDE. A TOTAL OF 176 ADVOCATES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROFESSIONALS RECEIVED LIVE TRAINING IN ADDITION TO NEARLY 1,500 PROFESSIONALS TRAINED THROUGH NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.THESE PROGRAMS EQUIP FRONTLINE WORKERS TO INDENTIFY, PREVENT, AND RESPOND TO FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, EXPANDING OUR IMPACT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.DIRECT AID FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISKTO DATE, AHA FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT TO 920 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR E-MAIL HELPLINE AND CRISIS TEXT LINE.THE ASSISTANCE INCLUDES SAFETY PLANNING, CONNECTIONS TO SERVICES, AND ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK OF FGM, CHILD MARRIAGES, OR HONOR VIOLENCE.INCREASED MEDIA OUTREACHTHROUGHOUT 2024 AYAAN HIRSI ALI AND AHA FOUNDATION PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE. AYAAN PUBLISHED OP-EDS IN UNHERD, THE FREE PRESS, AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ADDRESSING ISLAMIST EXTREMISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND MORAL RELATIVISM IN THE WEST.ON FOX NEWS, SHE SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, CALLING FOR GLOBAL ACCOUNTABILITY.AYAAN ALSO LAUNCHED HER RESTORATION SUBSTACK AND FOUNDED COURAGE MEDIA, BOTH DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING WESTERN VALUES AND FREE SPEECH. SHE APPEARED ON POPULAR PODCASTS SUCH AS TRIGGERNOMETRY AND THE BRENDAN O'NEILL SHOW, AND HER RESTORATION PODCAST FEATURED THOUGHT LEADERS LIKE DOUGLAS MURRAY IN DISCUSSIONS ON MORAL CLARITY AND LEADERSHIP.Expenses $593,425
- ACTIVATE - CONFRONTING ANTI-SEMITISM AND ILLIBERALISMFOLLOWING THE EVENTS OF OCTOBER 7, 2023, AHA FOUNDATION EXPANDED ITS PROGRAMMATIC FOCUS TO ADDRESS THE RISING THREAT OF ANTISEMITISM AND THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN ISLAMISM AND FAR-LEFT IDEOLOGIES. THIS WORK BUILDS ON OUR COMMITMENT TO DEFENDING UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND WESTERN VALUES.CAMPUS CRITICAL THINKING FELLOWSHIP (CTF)IN 2024, AHA EXPANDED THE CRITICAL THINKING FELLOWSHIP TO HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISSIDENT PROJECT, CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH SPEAKERS WHO HAVE LIVED UNDER AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES. ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, CTF EVENTS WERE HELD AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. ONE HIGHLIGHT INCLUDED A POWERFUL DISCUSSION WITH CHILD MARRIAGE SURVIVOR SARA TASNEM, WHICH INSPIRED STUDENTS TO BECOME ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE.Expenses $61,007
- ALIGN - THE CLARITY COALITION, CONVENED BY AHA, GREW TO INCLUDE NEARLY 50 PROMINENT ACTIVISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ADDING NEW MEMBERS FROM ISRAEL, CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS, AND GERMANY.OUR SECOND CLARITY CONFERENCE, HOSTED AT THE HUDSON INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON D.C., FOCUSED ON ISLAMIST ANTI-SEMITISM AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN U.S. EDUCATION.QUARTERLY MEETUPS AND TOWN HALLS INCLUDED A SESSION WITH M.E.P. CHARLIE WEIMERS ON FREE SPEECH AND GROWING AUTHORITARIANISM IN EUROPE. THE COALITION ALSO CONDUCTED ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF THE DETERRENT ACT AND TRACE ACT TO COUNTER FOREIGN FUNDING IN U.S. EDUCATION.Expenses $283,148 · grants $10,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 33-1185369
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2007
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q70)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $928,999
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,187,403
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,187,403 | $1,302,038 | $928,999 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,091,090 | $1,465,142 | $1,017,814 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,046,410 | $1,545,166 | $1,405,096 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 33-1185369).
Questions about AHA FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of AHA FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AHA FOUNDATION INC is 33-1185369.
- Is AHA FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
- Are donations to AHA FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AHA FOUNDATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AHA FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AHA FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AHA FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names AYAAN H ALI.
- Who are the officers and directors of AHA FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 12 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $200,230 (GEORGE ZARUBIN- OUTGOING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does AHA FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,187,403, expenses of $1,302,038 and total assets of $928,999 at year end.
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