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US nonprofit · EIN 465737247 · Encino, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 465737247) - 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.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.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 2016.2026 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

Narrative Method Inc's network

11 people10 organisationsi11 people and 10 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (15) 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

11 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
Richard Foos ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Adlai WertmanDirector2024
2 yrs
Elizabeth PhilaposeDirector2024
2 yrs
Ernest ZambaDirector2023
3 yrs
Laurie MeadoffDirector2019
7 yrs
Lisa MarkusonDirector2023
3 yrs
Neville JohnsonDirector2023
3 yrs
Robert Johnson (also filed as Bob Johnson)Director2019
7 yrs
Robert ShermanDirector2018
8 yrs
Steve YablokDirector2024
2 yrs
Steven TateDirector2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 11 →

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Shari FoosCFO2022

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
Robert JohnsonDirector1$0
Richard FoosChairman1$0
Elizabeth PhilaposeDirector1$0
Micah GreenbergExecutive Dir.40$0
Laurie MeadoffDirector1$0
Robert ShermanDirector1$0
Neville JohnsonDirector1$0
Adlai WertmanDirector1$0
Lisa MarkusonDirector1$0
Ernest ZambaDirector1$0
Steven TateDirector1$0
Steve YablokDirector1$0

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

About

Legal name
Narrative Method Inc
EIN
465737247
Address
16060 Ventura Blvd Ste 110 PMB 189, Encino, CA, 91436-4428
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
P80 Human services
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Human Services
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2016
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Shari Foos (Form 990-N, tax year 2016)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsRichard Foos
≥8years on the filingsRobert Sherman
≥7years on the filingsLaurie Meadoff
≥7years on the filingsRobert Johnson

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
$12k
Net assets or fund balances
$11k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$0$267kDeficit $267k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.