American Academy for Liberal Education
Donations deductibleRevenue
$55k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$72k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$125k
$135 liabilities
Net assets
$125k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
6.1 years on average
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Rene Paddags
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
American Academy for Liberal Education's network
13 people1 organisationi13 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (1) 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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Paddags Chair | Board Member - Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Benjamin Storey | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Dale Larson | Board Member - Vice Chair/Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Gary Kelly | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Geoffrey Baum | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Joshua Hochschild | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Karl Schumann | Board Member - Secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kathryn Hougham | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lee Skallerup Bessette | Ex Officio Board Member - non-voting | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Peter Keith | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Robert Manzer | Board Member President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Robert Maranto | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Stephen Balch | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Powers | Exec Director, Board Member-non-voting | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Powers | Exec Director, Board Member-non-voting | 30 | $54k | ||
| Robert Manzer | Board Member President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Rene Paddags | Board Member - Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Karl Schumann | Board Member - Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dale Larson | Board Member - Vice Chair/Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Stephen Balch | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Geoffrey Baum | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joshua Hochschild | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kathryn Hougham | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peter Keith | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gary Kelly | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Maranto | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Benjamin Storey | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lee Skallerup Bessette | Ex Officio Board Member - non-voting | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- American Academy for Liberal Education
- EIN
- 521789016
- Address
- 1930 18th St Nw Ste B2 PMB 2274, Washington, DC, 20009-1797
- State
- District of Columbia
- Activity (NTEE)
- B42A Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1992
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsRene Paddags
≥7years on the filingsDale Larson
≥7years on the filingsGary Kelly
≥7years on the filingsGeoffrey Baum
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
- $125k
- Total liabilities
- $135
- Net assets or fund balances
- $125k
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 | $58k | $68k | Deficit $10k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
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.American Academy For Liberal Education 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
- 7 April 1992
- Registered agent
- Registered Agents Inc (city and state not held)