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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,212,970
Total expenses
$3,562,264
Contributions and grants received
$3,212,970
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$138,054
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$138,054
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,432,662
Management and general expenses
$129,602
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,432,662

Program services were 96.4% 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

    $3,212,970

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $210,100 · program services $168,080 · management and general $42,020

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $265,000 · program services $212,000 · management and general $53,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,502 · program services $25,202 · management and general $6,300

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,939 · program services $26,351 · management and general $6,588

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $432,989 · program services $430,894 · management and general $2,095

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,157 · management and general $14,157

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $151,699 · program services $149,859 · management and general $1,840

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,700 · program services $26,700

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,276 · program services $750 · management and general $526

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,735 · program services $26,735

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,076 · management and general $3,076

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT APPLECART

    total $809,845 · program services $809,845

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $577,575 · program services $577,575

  • 24c · Other expenses: MOBILE BILLBOARDS

    total $381,400 · program services $381,400

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIGITAL AND MAILERS

    total $225,747 · program services $225,747

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $271,524 · program services $271,524

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $487,348 · end of year $138,054

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $487,348 · end of year $138,054

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH CENTER (IRC) IS A 501(C)(3) DEDICATED TO HOLDING OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE TO DEMOCRATIC, FREE-MARKET VALUES THROUGH LONG-TERM AND IN-DEPTH RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

  • THE INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH CENTER (IRC) IS A 501(C)(3) DEDICATED TO HOLDING OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE TO DEMOCRATIC, FREE-MARKET VALUES THROUGH LONG-TERM AND IN-DEPTH RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $3,432,662 · Grants $100,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Halper

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,100
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,100
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,100
    Filer's total
    $210,100

  • Elliot Fuchs

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristopher Anderson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Scheunemann

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noah Pollak

    FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $175,000
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $175,000

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 · Form 990 of other organizations

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

  • AMERICA SALUTES YOU

    $100,000

    TO SUPPORT OF A RANGE OF VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILY, AND FIRST RESPONDER NON-PROFITS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349312339

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