Speech First Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$438k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$399k
$23k liabilities
Net assets
$376k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
5.4 years on average
Staff
4
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
Nicole Neily
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Speech First Inc's network
7 people1 organisationi7 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). 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
7 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, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Neily Chair | Board Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jamil Jaffer | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Josh Holdenried | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Karen Harned | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kathryn Ciano Mauler | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kristina Rasmussen | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Matthew Foldi | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cherise Trump | Executive Director | since 2022 |
| Mary Ellen Beatty | Director of Operations | since 2022 |
| Nicole Neily | President, S | since 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Neily | Board Chair | 2 | $15k | $4k | |
| Josh Holdenried | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jamil Jaffer | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Kathryn Ciano Mauler | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Foldi | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Karen Harned | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kristina Rasmussen | Director | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
11 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263008011). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Kathryn Ciano Mauler | Treasurer |
| Neily Neily | President |
| Nicole Neily | |
| Nicole Neily | Chairman |
| Alexander Titus | Director |
| Josh Holdenried | Director |
| Mary Ellen Beatty | Director of Operations |
| Cherise Trump | Executive Director |
| Jamil Jaffer | Director |
| Matthew Foldi | Director |
| Max Eden | Director |
About
- Legal name
- Speech First Inc
- EIN
- 823599047
- Address
- 1300 I St Nw Ste 400e, Washington, DC, 20005-3318
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- SPEECH FIRST'S MISSION IS TO DEFEND STUDENTS WHO SEEK TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION OR ASSOCIATION. BY COMING TOGETHER, WE'VE CREATED A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY OF FREE SPEECH SUPPORTERS TO REASSURE STUDENTS THAT THEY WON'T - Continued Schedule O (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- R63 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2017
- Principal officer
- Nicole Neily (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2018
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJamil Jaffer
≥8years on the filingsKathryn Ciano Mauler
≥7years on the filingsJosh Holdenried
≥6years on the filingsMatthew Foldi
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
- $399k
- Total liabilities
- $23k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $376k
- Contributions and grants received
- $438k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 4
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.Speech First, 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
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Merged
- Formed
- 1 December 2017
- Registered agent
- Registered Agents Inc (city and state not held)