The Center for American and
Advances the administration of justice by educating and inspiring communities of legal and law enforcement professionals throughout the world.
The Center for American and at a glance
In short: The Center for American and gave $54K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $18K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $53,658
- -12.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $17,886
- -12.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $21,475
- Total assets
- $33,456,230
- +3.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Center for American and funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Sicana Inc ($30K). Together the top 3 received $54K.
Grant Size Distribution
10 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 10 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
Cities
How The Center for American and gives
- Giving grew 347% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $12K (2023) to $62K (2024). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $54K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sicana Inc New York, NY | Educational Programming | $29,683 |
| Energy & Mineral Law Foundation Lexington, KY | Educational Programming | $21,475 |
| Houston Bar Association Houston, TX | Educational Programming | $2,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33,456,230 | $6,321,837 | $6,270,525 | $53,658 | 3 | $1,640,255 |
| 2024 | $32,312,528 | $5,460,498 | $6,688,417 | $61,531 | 3 | $967,636 |
| 2023 | $32,006,111 | $6,315,490 | $6,834,049 | $11,924 | 1 | $1,606,705 |
| 2022 | $32,491,880 | $5,347,274 | $6,174,770 | $12,000 | 2 | $1,493,715 |
| 2021 | $36,695,352 | $5,362,327 | $5,105,457 | $13,395 | 1 | $1,293,118 |
| 2020 | $32,656,244 | $3,952,050 | $5,302,288 | $28,918 | 2 | $300,790 |
| 2019 | $33,737,992 | $5,458,827 | $5,746,696 | $28,918 | 2 | $1,248,288 |
About The Center for American and
Based on IRS filings
The Center for American and is a public charity focused on Education, based in Plano, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $33.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $54K. Net investment income was $1.6M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Center for American and is led by T. L. Cubbage III, President since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 7 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
T. L. Cubbage III
President
Trustee → President, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$306K (2022) → $372K (2025)
Randall M. Ebner
Chair
Trustee → Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marissa Kramer
Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$102K (2020) → $127K (2025)
Monica Shome
Director of Meetings
Director → Director of Meetings, 2025
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$113K (2021) → $121K (2025)
Ann J. Bruder
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barry C. Barnett
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dale Wainwright
Trustee
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David J. Beck
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Keltner
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dee J. Kelly Jr.
Trustee
Vice Chair → Chair Executive Committee, 2022
Chair Executive Committee → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Lang-Miers
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eva Guzman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John C. Eichman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim J. Askew
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael P. Lynn
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick E. Higginbotham
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Toni Scott Reed
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
W. Anthony Stewart
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
E. Leon Carter
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin M. O'Gorman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carlos M. Hernandez
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Seay
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregg J. Costa
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jimmie M. Edwards
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brett Busby
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Babcock
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Fibbe
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregory Smith
Vice President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$115K (2019) → $168K (2025)
Jay Ray
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2020
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$105K (2019) → $166K (2025)
Stacy L. Crowe
Chief Financial Officer
Director of → CFO, 2020
CFO → Chief Financial Officer, 2021
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$131K (2019) → $161K (2025)
Vickie Adams
Vice President
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$125K (2024) → $128K (2025)
Harriet E. Miers
Immediate Past Chair
Chair → Chair Immediate Past, 2022
Chair Immediate Past → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia A. Simon
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret S. C. Keliher
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Taylor H. Wilson
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (43)
- Former: David B. Winn (2019–2024) — Former Vice President
- Former: Anton G. Maurer (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Barry Sorrels (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Bryan A. Garner (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Charles W. Matthews (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Gregory P. Joseph (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Hilda C. Galvan (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Jack Balagia Jr. (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James L. Waters (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: John C. Lindgren (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: John Wander (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Mark A. Shank (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Peter S. Vogel (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: R. Doak Bishop (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Richard L. Thurston (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Susan L. Karamanian (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Wendy Castellana (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Dan Branch (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Robert B. Little (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: D. Patrick Long (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Craig S. Morford (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Marie Bason (2023) — Vice President
- Former: Bruce S. Sostek (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Kenneth L. Stewart (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Mark P. Smith (2019–2022) — President
- Former: Sheila S. Hollis (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Timothy E. Powers (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Linda Chanow (2021–2022) — Vice President
- Former: Cheryl L. Dunlop (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Donald R. Abaunza (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Robert W. Jordan (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Sam A. Lindsay (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Patrick Long (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Barry F. McNeil (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Charles Schwartz (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Curtis Frasier (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Frederick Plaeger (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Homer E. Moyer Jr. (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Mark D. Christiansen (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Michael J. Marchand (2019) — President
- Former: Susan Davis (2019) — Vice President
- Former: Theron Bowman (2019) — Trustee
- Former: William B. Dawson (2019) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $372K, to T L Cubbage III (President). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Center for American and
How much does The Center for American and give each year?
The Center for American and gave $54K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $62K across 3 grants.
What is The Center for American and's typical grant size?
The Center for American and's median grant in 2025 was $21,475, and its average grant was $17,886, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does The Center for American and give grants?
The Center for American and gives mostly in New York: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Kentucky (40%).
Does The Center for American and give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on The Center for American and's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Educational Programming" (3 grants).
How large is The Center for American and?
The Center for American and reported $33.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.3M.
What is The Center for American and?
The Center for American and is a public charity focused on Education, based in Plano, TX. It holds $33.5M in total assets as of 2025.
What is The Center for American and's EIN?
The Center for American and's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-6012849. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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