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US nonprofit · EIN 463065865 · Elephant Btte, NMiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 463065865) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990PF for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2014.2026 return IRS e-file (TEOS) 2026 release: 990PF for the year to 31 December 2025.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Protect Americans Now's network

6 people3 organisationsi6 people and 3 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 (3) 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.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.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Caren CowanDirector2023
3 yrs
Gary CoppedgeDirector2018
8 yrs
John H RichardsonPresident2018
8 yrs
Ken C SwaimDirector2018
8 yrs
Ryan PerryDirector2020
6 yrs
Thomas W PatersonDirector2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
John H RichardsonPresident0$0
Megan RichardsonSecr/Treas0$0
Ken C SwaimDirector0$0
Gary CoppedgeDirector0$0
Ryan PerryDirector0$0
Thomas W PatersonDirector0$0
Caren CowanDirector0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Protect Americans Now
EIN
463065865
Address
Po Box 1204, Elephant Btte, NM, 87935-1204
State
New Mexico
Activity (NTEE)
D30 Animal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Animal-Related
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
John H Richardson (Form 990-N, tax year 2014)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsGary Coppedge
≥8years on the filingsJohn H Richardson
≥8years on the filingsKen C Swaim
≥6years on the filingsRyan Perry

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
$47k
Net assets or fund balances
$47k