Citizens Behind the Badge

Mclean, Virginia
EIN 85-2871752

Firms paid: 3
Fees reported, 2021–2024: $2.6M
Fees reported in 2024: $1.1M
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $4.8M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$1,097,143 to 1 fundraiser

Fundraisers Citizens Behind the Badge paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
American Target Advertising, Inc.Direct responseDirect mail	Direct mail	$1,097,143

Also among its largest contractors in 2024

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

Direct Mail Processors IncMailing service$252,798

All firms paid

Fundraisers Citizens Behind the Badge reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
American Target Advertising, Inc.Direct response	2021–2024 · 4 years	$2,635,538

Form 990 Snapshot

Citizens Behind the Badge's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2023	$4.8M	$4.8M	$2.9M	$755K
2022	$4.1M	$4.1M	$2.5M	$378K
2021	$3.3M	$3.3M	$1.3M	$35K

Fees are what Citizens Behind the Badge reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.