Tax Foundation

Civic and community
Tampa, Florida
EIN 52-1703065
Tax-exempt since 1990

Firms paid: 7
Fees reported, 2018–2025: $1.1M
Fees reported in 2025: $163K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $8.0M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2025

$162,807 to 2 fundraisers

Fundraisers Tax Foundation paid in 2025, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Davidson & Co.Direct mail	Direct mail	$133,379
Optimize Consulting LLCFull-service fundraisingDigital fundraising	Digital fundraising	$29,428

Also among its largest contractors in 2025

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.

Davidson & Co.Direct mail fundraising$113,379
Planet Direct MailDirect mail expenses$113,370

All firms paid

Fundraisers Tax Foundation reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Davidson & Co. Donor Acquisition and DevelopmentDirect response	2018–2024 · 7 years	$711,189
A. C. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLCBoard development	2018–2024 · 5 years	$210,660
Davidson & Co.	2025	$133,379
GREYSTONE STRATEGIES LLCFull-service fundraising	2020–2021 · 2 years	$46,000
Optimize Consulting LLCFull-service fundraising	2025	$29,428

Form 990 Snapshot

Tax Foundation's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2024	$8.0M	$7.9M	$1.4M	$62K
2023	$7.8M	$8.0M	$1.2M	—
2022	$6.8M	$6.9M	$1.1M	$10K
2021	$6.5M	$6.7M	$933K	$16K
2020	$5.6M	$5.6M	$686K	—
2019	$5.4M	$5.1M	$1.2M	—
2018	$5.3M	$5.4M	$1.0M	$124K

Fees are what Tax Foundation 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.