Action Now Inc
Action Now Inc's network
4 people6 organisationsi4 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (6) 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
4 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Banks | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| John Arnold | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Kelli Rhee | President and CEO | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Laura Arnold | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kelli Rhee | Director/President & CEO | 2020 |
| Roxanne Almaraz | Company secretary | since 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelli Rhee | President and CEO | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Banks | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| John Arnold | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Laura Arnold | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Roxanne Almaraz | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Action Now Inc
- EIN
- 454083809
- Address
- 1717 West Loop S Ste 1800, Houston, TX, 77027-3049
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- Action now inc.'s philanthropic work tackles some of the most pressing problems in the united states. We focus on correcting systemic failures through evidence-based solutions. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- R01 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
- IRS classification
- 501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2011
- Principal officer
- Kelli Rhee (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 2013
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2023
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsElizabeth Banks
≥6years on the filingsJohn Arnold
≥6years on the filingsLaura Arnold
≥5years on the filingsKelli Rhee
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
- $4.4m
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $4.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $19m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $18m
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 5
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Patients for Affordable Drugs Now | To provide general operating support. | $1.8m |
| Greater Greater Washington | To scale up state-level pro-housing initiatives in maryland and virginia to advance legislative and executive branch reforms. | $945k |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | To promote the general operating support for grantee's second chance advocacy efforts at the state and federal level. | $750k |
| US Market Institute | To continue support of grantee's education and advocacy surrounding site-neutral pricing policies. | $698k |
| Othram Inc | To support a dna analysis pilot program with the houston police department (hpd) using forensic investigative genetic genealogy (figg), to d | $557k |
| Farella Braun Martel LLP | To support research on anticompetitive conduct in the healthcare industry. | $549k |
| Vox Media LLC | To support an expansive editorial project that breaks down the current US. Infrastructure crisis across energy, housing, transportation, an | $522k |
| Open New York Inc | To expand grantee's pro-housing advocacy efforts in new york through local and state organizing and coalition building. | $500k |
| Committee to Protect Health Care | To support grantee's education and issue advocacy activities related to commercial health care pricing reforms at the state level across mul | $495k |
| Abundant Housing Ma Inc | To expand grantee's capacity to support statewide pro-housing policies in massachusetts. | $413k |
| Co2efficient LLC | To support grantee's sponsored project, electricity customer alliance, in better aligning electricity customer voices across commercial, ind | $408k |
| FWD US Inc | To support grantee's strategic advocacy at the state and federal levels regarding criminal justice reform and public safety. | $400k |
| Urban Phoenix Project Network | To provide general operating support. | $400k |
| Vera Action Inc | To continue grantee's advocacy work at the state and federal level to advance policy reforms in community-driven public safety, pretrial jus | $400k |
| Centennial State Prosperity | To promote action to lower hospital system costs and support the prescription drug affordability board's efforts to lower medication prices. | $387k |
| Public Private Strategies LLC | To support grantee's education and advocacy on health care prices. | $350k |
| Texans for Housing | To supporting grantee's social welfare activities related to housing reforms in texas. | $350k |
| Neighbors for More Neighbors | To expand grantee's capacity as a state-level, pro-housing advocacy organization that can have an impact at both state and local levels in m | $325k |
| Niskanen Center for Public Policy | To support grantee's state and federal advocacy efforts regarding a crime control policy agenda that prioritizes prevention, deterrence, and | $300k |
| Overdrive Products Inc | To strengthen community health and public safety by preparing a research study on whether providing fentanyl test strips and harm reduction | $300k |
| Montana Pretrial Services LLC | To evaluate montana's pre-trial supervision and electronic monitoring practices. | $300k |
| Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud | To advance safety net reforms in puerto rico to ease the transition to work by reducing the benefit cliffs or sudden drops in benefits that | $300k |
| Michigan Health Purchasers Coalition | To support grantee's education and issue advocacy activities to address high and rising health care costs. | $293k |
| Welcoming Neighbors Network | To support grantee's advocacy efforts to remove regulatory barriers to expand the supply of housing across a diverse array of states and mun | $280k |
| Up for Growth Action Inc | To develop and advocate for federal policy proposals aimed at increasing the production and preservation of housing to address the housing s | $271k |
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.Action Now, Inc. 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: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 2 February 2011
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.