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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR AMERICAN IDEAS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,416,143
Total expenses
$1,733,357
Contributions and grants received
$2,415,655
Grants paid
$430,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$488
Total assets, end of year
$1,125,514
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,210
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,115,304
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$969,383
Management and general expenses
$706,671
Fundraising expenses
$57,303
Program service expenses (Part III)
$969,383

Program services were 55.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,415,655

  • 11a · Other revenue: VENDOR REFUND

    total $488 · related or exempt $488

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $488

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $430,000 · program services $430,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $376,634 · program services $143,120 · management and general $192,084 · fundraising $41,430

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $48,610 · program services $18,472 · management and general $24,791 · fundraising $5,347

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,391 · program services $8,889 · management and general $11,929 · fundraising $2,573

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,091 · management and general $6,091

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $94,933 · management and general $94,933

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $433 · management and general $433

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,400 · management and general $5,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $79,531 · program services $71,578 · fundraising $7,953

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $217,324 · program services $217,324

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE

    total $227,099 · management and general $227,099

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $140,000 · management and general $140,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: POLLING PROJECTS

    total $80,000 · program services $80,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,411 · management and general $2,411

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,500 · management and general $1,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $431,471 · end of year $1,125,514

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $10,210

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $431,471 · end of year $1,115,304

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN IDEAS (CFAI) IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT ADVANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS. OUR PURPOSE IS TO IDENTIFY AND EDUCATE BOTH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS ABOUT IDEAS THAT ADVANCE AND ENHANCE PROSPERITY THROUGH PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

  • IN 2023, THE CFAI SPENT THE MAJORITY OF IT'S EXPENDITURES ON POLICY EVENTS, SURVEY RESEARCH AND OUTGOING CONTRIBUTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION.

    Expenses $969,383 · Grants $430,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Avella

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $326,515
    From this org
    $326,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,515
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $326,515

  • Brian Conklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wayne Covert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerard Dehrmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Gianini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peggy Grande

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aj Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Hershman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcia Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Makary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirstjen Nielsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Spross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melodie Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Curtis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,119
    From this org
    $50,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349315241

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