Public & Societal Benefit
Public Knowledge
WASHINGTON, DC
Total revenue
$2.9M
Total expenses
$3.7M
Net assets
$5.1M
Grants received
$7.7M
67 grants
EIN
522336690
Tax year
2024
Mission
Promote fairness amongst laws governing digital communications.
Programs
4 programs
Digital rights management/copyright: public knowledge (pk) works to create a copyright system that recognizes the role that technology plays in our everyday lives. Pk supports the public's right to remix content into new expressions or create or share lawful content online. Pk advocates for policies that protect innovation without constraining fair use. Pk urges congress to fix the dmca so that consumers can own, lend, or repair their devices.
Press/public education: pk's modes of advocacy include educating the press, the public, and policymakers using plain-language analysis, white papers, blog posts, op-eds, fact sheets, and videos. Pk experts are regularly featured in the news, on podcasts, and in other media. Pk's work also includes coordinating, hosting, and facilitating events that provide a forum for policymakers, the public, industry, and the press to exchange ideas about pk's core issues. Additionally, pk organizes and runs coalitions to harness the power of public interest organizations.
Policy strategy center
International
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
20 listed
CHRISTOPHER J LEWIS
PRESIDENT/CEO
$252K
40 hrs/wk
COURTNEY LEE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
$132K
40 hrs/wk
MEREDITH C WHIPPLE
CHIEF OF STAFF
$126K
40 hrs/wk
CHARLOTTE SLAIMAN
VICE PRESIDENT (THRU FEB)
$22K
40 hrs/wk
BRIAN VO
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
VICKIE ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
MARCUS REESE
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
BREWSTER KAHLE
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
MAURA COLLETON CORBETT
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
MOSES BOYD
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
MICHAL ROSENN
BOARD TREASURER
—
10 hrs/wk
LAURENT CRENSHAW
SECRETARY
—
10 hrs/wk
GARY SLAIMAN
DIRECTOR
—
10 hrs/wk
VIRGINIA LAM ABRAMS
BOARD CHAIR
—
10 hrs/wk
HAROLD FELD
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
$198K
40 hrs/wk
ALISA VALENTIN
BROADBAND POLICY DIRECTOR
$139K
40 hrs/wk
JOHN BERGMAYER
LEGAL DIRECTOR
$127K
40 hrs/wk
SARA N COLLINS
DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$123K
40 hrs/wk
STEPHEN L BENNETT
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
$110K
40 hrs/wk
LISA MACPHERSON
POLICY DIRECTOR
$110K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
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