Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc
Donations deductibleWashington Center for Equitable Growth Inc's network
8 people3 organisationsi8 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). 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
8 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. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 8 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Daetz Chair | Board Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Byron Auguste | Board Secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| IRA Fishman | Board Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jessica Presher | Senior Director, HR, Operation and Finance | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mary Beth Maxwell | Member at Large | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Melissa Grober-Morrow | Vice President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Sameera Fazili | Member at Large | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Shayna Strom | President & CEO | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alyssa Fisher | Policy Director | 2018 |
| Amanda Fischer | Policy Dirctor | 2020 |
| Barry Toiv | Senior Writer | since 2018 |
| Claudia Sahm | Director of Macroeconomic Policy | 2020 |
| David Evans | Creative Director | 2019 |
| David Mitchell | Senior Fellow | 2024 |
| Edward Paisley | Editorial Director & Sr Adv | since 2019 |
| Elena Waskey | Senior Director of Communications and Marketing | since 2022 |
| Elizabeth Jacobs | Senior Director, Family Economic Security | 2018 |
| Gina Salerno | Director of Development | 2024 |
| Gregory Leiserson | Senior Economist and Director of Tax Policy | since 2018 |
| Janelle Jones | VP, Policy - Started Nov 2024 | since 2023 |
| Jonathan Fisher | Research Advisor | since 2022 |
| Katherine Bahn | Director of Labor Market Policy & Chief Economist | 2022 |
| Katherine Banks | Director of Finance and Administration | since 2018 |
| Korin Davis | Director of Academic Programs | since 2023 |
| Laura Alexander | Director of Markets & Competition Policy | 2023 |
| Loria Lopez | Director of HR | 2024 |
| Maryam Janani | Policy Director | 2022 |
| Michael Kades | Director of Markets and Competition | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayna Strom | President & CEO | 40 | $305k | $17k | |
| Janelle Jones | Vice President, Policy | 40 | $205k | $19k | |
| Melissa Grober-Morrow | Vice President | 40 | $204k | $38k | |
| Elena Waskey | Senior Director of Communi | 40 | $171k | $27k | |
| Korin Davis | Director of Academic Progr | 40 | $154k | $37k | |
| Loria Lopez | Director of HR | 40 | $153k | $34k | |
| David Mitchell | Senior Fellow | 40 | $152k | $17k | |
| Gina Salerno | Director of Development | 40 | $141k | $17k | |
| Jessica Presher | Senior Director, HR, Operation and Finance | 40 | $47k | $110 | |
| Steve Daetz | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Byron Auguste | Board Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ira Fishman | Board Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sameera Fazili | Member at Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mary Beth Maxwell | Member at Large | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc
- EIN
- 474464400
- Address
- 601 13th St Nw FL 12, Washington, DC, 20005-3819
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The washington center for equitable growth is a non-profit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth. Organization dedicated to improving the understanding of equitable growth and inequality by supporting new academic research and bringing together scholars to share their work... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- V22 Social science research
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Social Science
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Shayna Strom (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2015
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsSteve Daetz
≥8years on the filingsByron Auguste
≥8years on the filingsIRA Fishman
≥4years on the filingsMelissa Grober-Morrow
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $12.8m
- Total liabilities
- $949k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $11.8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $11.9m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $907k
- Employees
- 36
- Volunteers
- 5
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12m | $6.7m | $5.2m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Research grant | $97k |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | Research grant | $80k |
| University of California Los Angeles | Research grant | $80k |
| University of Chicago | Research grant | $79k |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Research grant | $78k |
| University of Maryland College Park | Research grant | $75k |
| University of California Berkeley | Research grant | $67k |
| American University | Research grant | $30k |
| Arizona State University | Research grant | $30k |
| University of South Carolina | Research grant | $30k |
| University of Rochester | Research grant | $30k |
| Duke University | Research grant | $20k |
| University of Kentucky | Research grant | $15k |
| Cornell University | Research grant | $15k |
| University of Maryland College Park | Research grant | $15k |
| Rutgers University | Research grant | $10k |
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.Washington Center for Equitable Growth, 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: 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
- Foreign Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 1 December 2015
- Registered agent
- C T Corporation System (city and state not held)