Center for Taxpayer Rights
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1.1m
$15k liabilities
Net assets
$1.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
5.7 years on average
Staff
10
175 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Center for Taxpayer Rights' network
4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
4 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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Thomas | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Elizabeth Atkinson | Director, Secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nina E Olson | Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| T Keith Fogg | Director, President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan | Deputy Director | 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nina E Olson | Exec Director, Director, Treasurer, Asst Sec'y | 55 | $210k | $22k | |
| Nicholas Xanthopoulos | Senior Attorney | 40 | $108k | $14k | |
| Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan | Deputy Director (former), Board member (current) | 40 | $97k | $11k | |
| Leslie Book | Director, Senior Fellow | 3 | $11k | ||
| T Keith Fogg | Director, President | 2 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Atkinson | Director, Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Alice Thomas | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Center for Taxpayer Rights
- EIN
- 842581279
- Address
- Po Box 71278, Washington, DC, 20024-1278
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The Center for Taxpayer Rights is dedicated to furthering taxpayers' awareness of and access to taxpayer rights. The Center accomplishes its mission, in part, by educating the public and government officials about the role taxpayer rights plays in promoting compliance and trust in systems of taxation. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- R19 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
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2019
- Principal officer
- T Keith Fogg (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2019
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsElizabeth Atkinson
≥6years on the filingsNina E Olson
≥6years on the filingsT Keith Fogg
≥3years on the filingsAlice Thomas
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
- $1.1m
- Total liabilities
- $15k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.2m
- Program service revenue
- $45k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $105k
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 175
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 | $1.1m | $816k | $281k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DNA - People's Legal Services Inc | To conduct "mystery shopping" of non-credentialed return preparers serving low income communities during the 2025 filing season. | $25k |
| Legal Services Alabama | To conduct "mystery shopping" of non-credentialed return preparers serving low income communities during the 2025 filing season. | $25k |
| RAISE Texas | To conduct "mystery shopping" of non-credentialed return preparers serving low income communities during the 2025 filing season. | $25k |
| Reinvestment Partners | To conduct "mystery shopping" of non-credentialed return preparers serving low income communities during the 2025 filing season. | $25k |
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.Center for Taxpayer Rights 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
- 5 September 2019
- Registered agent
- Nina E Olson (city and state not held)