COUNCIL FOR ADVOCACY AND POLICY SOLUTIONS
EIN 83-3257673
What they do
CAPS, A NONPROFIT PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE, WORKS to EDUCATE THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY ON LEGISLATION WITH LOCAL IMPACTS. CAPS OFFERS THE COMMUNITY A CENTRALIZED HUB to FIND RESOURCES INCLUDING POLICY REVIEW, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, and COMMUNITY OPINIONS ON LOCAL LEGISLATION IN THE AREAS of EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, and HEALTH. THE ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED BY BOARD MEMBERS, A SMALL GROUP of EMPLOYEES and CONTRACTED RESEARCHERS and WRITERS. THE ACTIVITY CREATES A HUB of RESOURCES for THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY WITH NON-PROFITS.
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Board and leadership roster (2)
DAVID BLAIRBOARD CHAIR
MIKEL BLAIRBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Location
- 1101 WOOTTON PKWY 1000, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852
- County
- Montgomery
- In care of
- DAVID BLAIR
- Primary officer
- DAVID BLAIR, BOARD CHAIR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SNYDER COHN PC
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2026