Nonprofit · EIN 84-2581279
CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20024
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,276,976 | $1,151,226 | $125,750 | $1,122,128 | $14,669 | $1,107,459 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,096,748 | $815,947 | $280,801 | $1,027,782 | $0 | $1,027,782 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,256,328 | $1,065,460 | $190,868 | $805,026 | $240,756 | $564,270 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,232,001
- of which government grants
- $204,000
- Program service revenue
- $44,975
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $105,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $307,260
- Other salaries and wages
- $379,272
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $833,778
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $166
- Accounting fees
- $3,371
- Occupancy
- $2,119
- Travel
- $20,324
- Depreciation
- $14,633
- Program services (functional)
- $1,126,667
- Management and general (functional)
- $23,902
- Fundraising (functional)
- $657
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,027,782
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,122,128
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $14,669
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,107,459
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,656
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $757,459
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $350,000
- Gross receipts
- $1,276,976
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 175
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- VA
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nina E Olson | Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y Trustee or director, Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 55 | $210,365 | $22,172 |
| Nicholas Xanthopoulos | Senior Attorney Highest-paid employee | 40 | $107,846 | $13,941 |
| Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan | Deputy Director (former), Board member (current) Trustee or director, Key employee | 40 | $96,894 | $11,461 |
| Leslie Book | Director, Senior Fellow Trustee or director | 3 | $10,750 | $0 |
| T Keith Fogg | Director, President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Atkinson | Director, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alice Thomas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nina E Olson | Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y Trustee or director, Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 55 | $180,680 | $19,541 |
| Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan | Deputy Director Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $147,751 | $19,056 |
| Leslie Book | Director Trustee or director, Institutional trustee | 2 | $10,100 | $0 |
| T Keith Fogg | Director, President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Atkinson | Director, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alice Thomas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 6 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nina E Olson | Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y Trustee or director, Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee | 55 | $159,009 | $16,440 |
| T Keith Fogg | Director, President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Atkinson | Director, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Leslie Book | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alice Abreu | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alice Thomas | Professor Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 800 MAINE AVE SW STE 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20024-2811
- In care of
- % NINA E OLSEN
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- T Keith Fogg, 717 Etna Mills Rd, Manquin, VA 23106
- Signed the 990
- Keith Fogg, President
- Phone
- (202) 630-1690
Mission
The Center for Taxpayer Rights is dedicated to furthering taxpayers' awareness of and access to taxpayer rights. The Center accomplishes its mission, in part, by educating the public and government officials about the role taxpayer rights plays in promoting compliance and trust in systems of taxation.
Program accomplishments
- Effective Tax Administration Programs/Projects: This initiative is designed to improve the protection of taxpayer rights, taxpayer knowledge, and tax administration policies and practices to increase voluntary compliance and trust, particularly with respect to underserved or vulnerable populations. Programming and projects include Tax Chats!, workshops and conferences, Effective Tax Administration briefs and other publications, amicus briefs in courts in cases raising important taxpayer rights issues, FOIA requests, training programs, and the Center's website and its newsletter, Taxpayer Rights Digest.Expenses $611,946 · grants $105,000
- International Conference on Taxpayer Rights (ICTR): The Center organizes and convenes an annual international conference on taxpayer rights. The ICTR brings together scholars, practitioners, and government officials from over 40 countries to discuss and explore how to promote, enhance, and provide taxpayer rights and protections. In 2025, the Center held its conference in Washington DC; the conference was also live-streamed. The theme of the conference was "Taxpayer Rights, Trust, and the Rule of Law." Judges, tax agency officials, academics and practitioners from all over the world participated. Each of the conferences includes a pre- or post-conference workshop or roundtable for persons working for or interested in establishing Low Income Taxpayer Clinics and Taxpayer Advocate/Ombuds offices in their respective countries. Videos and materials of the conference panels are publicly available on the Center's website and youtube channel.Expenses $47,007 · revenue $44,975
- Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Support Center: The Center supports LITCs in the US and internationally through its LITC Support Center. The Center works with academics and practitioners in other countries who are interested in creating LITCs, and also works with tax agencies in those countries to educate them about LITCs. In the US, the Center also hosts a weekly litigation strategy call with US LITCs to coordinate litigation and identify emerging issues. The Center is developing a nationwide pro bono referral network, through its application, LITC Connect, which matches up volunteer attorneys with small, rural and other LITCs that do not have many volunteers in their communities. The LITC Support Center website, www.litcsupportcenter.org, not only hosts LITC Connect but provides resources and training for Low Income Taxpayers and their representatives. The Center also operates a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, providing pro bono representation to low income taxpayers and conducting outreach and education to English as a Second Language taxpayers about their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers.Expenses $467,714
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 | 990 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
- 84-2581279
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R19)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,122,128
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,276,976
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,276,976 | $1,151,226 | $1,122,128 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,096,748 | $815,947 | $1,027,782 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,256,328 | $1,065,460 | $805,026 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $249,657 | $241,116 | $741,853 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 84-2581279).
Questions about CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS
- What is the EIN of CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS is 84-2581279.
- Is CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS 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 CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names T Keith Fogg.
- Who are the officers and directors of CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $210,365 (Nina E Olson, Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y).
- How much revenue does CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,276,976, expenses of $1,151,226 and total assets of $1,122,128 at year end.
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