Preservation Action
Preservation Action's network
6 people5 organisationsi6 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briana Paxton Chair | Board Chairwoman | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Aaron Marcavitch | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Edward Hall | VIce Chair - Programs and Policy | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Russ Carnahan | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Rachel Patton | Vice Chair - Membership | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rachel Robinson | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Trisha Logan | Vice Chair - Finance and Admin | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Carnahan | President | 4 | $9k | ||
| Briana Paxton | Board Chairwoman | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jack Newton | Policy Committee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Amanda Nestor | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Aaron Marcavitch | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rachel Patton | Vice Chair - Membership | 1 | $0 | ||
| Edward Hall | VIce Chair - PAC | 1 | $0 | ||
| Trisha Logan | Vice Chair - Finance and Admin | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kim Trent | Vice Chair - Development | 1 | $0 | ||
| See Schedule O - Other Directors | Other Directors | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Preservation Action
- EIN
- 237437445
- Address
- 2020 Pennsylvania Ave Nw 313, Washington, DC, 20006-1811
- State
- District of Columbia
- IRS classification
- 501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 3 (IRS master file code)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1975
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2023
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsAaron Marcavitch
≥7years on the filingsEdward Hall
≥7years on the filingsRuss Carnahan
≥4years on the filingsRachel Patton
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $79k
- Total liabilities
- $13k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $66k
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Preservation Action likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 14 February 2008
- Registered agent
- Registered Agents Inc. (city and state not held)