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US nonprofit · EIN 800675072 · Thornton, COiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 800675072) - 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 - 990 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 2025.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

International Association for Public Participation USA'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.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 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Cassie HemphillDirector2022
4 yrs
Claudia BilottoVice President2021
5 yrs
Coby WilliamsDirector2022
4 yrs
Deanna DesedasDirector2021
5 yrs
Gwen HowardPast President2021
5 yrs
Heather ImbodenPresident2021
5 yrs
Josh StephersonDirector2022
4 yrs
Kendall MartinCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
Lisa CarlsonTreasurer2021
5 yrs
Michael BaileyDirector2021
5 yrs
Rebecca HorndeskiDirector2022
4 yrs
Rebecca ZitoDirector2022
4 yrs
Tina GeiselbrechtDirector2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 13 →

Officers and senior leadership

12 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Cassie HemphillDirector2023
Claudia BilottoVice President2023
Coby WilliamsDirector2023
Danita Akendengue-OgandagaDirector2023
Heather ImbodenPresident2023
Jay AndersonDirector2023
Josh StephersonTreasurer2023
Kendall MartinCompany secretary2023
Lucero ArechigaDirector2023
Mahina MartinDirector2023
Rebecca HorndeskiDirector2023
Rebekah GrmelaDirector2023

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
Erin ZimmermannExecutive Director25$72k$72k
Josh StephersonPresident5$0
Lucero ArechigaVice President2$0
Danita Akendengue-OgandagaSecretary1$0
Jacob AndersonTreasurer2$0
Kendall MartinDirector1$0
Yasmine TurkDirector1$0
Nelvis AlvarezDirector1$0
Donna HockeyDirector1$0
Leah LaRueDirector1$0
Mahina MartinDirector1$0
Nicole MarronDirector1$0
Felecia MartinDirector1$0

About

Legal name
International Association for Public Participation USA
EIN
800675072
Address
13396 Kearney St, Thornton, CO, 80602-9252
State
Colorado
Mission
To support the advancement of public participation in the United States we provide our members with tools and information to conduct high quality public participation processes and provide government, industry, and nonprofit organizations with educational resources to increase the quality of their public participation. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S41 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Erin Zimmermann (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2013
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2022

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsClaudia Bilotto
≥5years on the filingsDeanna Desedas
≥5years on the filingsGwen Howard
≥5years on the filingsHeather Imboden

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
$491k
Total liabilities
$106k
Net assets or fund balances
$385k
Contributions and grants received
$113k
Program service revenue
$623k
Employees
1