Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,871,589

Total expenses

$3,918,043

Contributions and grants received

$2,871,589

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,183,958

Total liabilities, end of year

$337,667

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,846,291

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,016,975

Management and general expenses

$643,314

Fundraising expenses

$257,754

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,016,975

Program services were 77.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• FAIR ECONOMY - OPEN MARKETS USES RESEARCH AND JOURNALISM TO EXPOSE THE DANGERS OF MONOPOLIZATION, IDENTIFIES INTERVENTIONS IN POLICY AND LAW TO ADDRESS THEM, AND EDUCATES POLICYMAKERS, ACADEMICS, MOVEMENT GROUPS, AND OTHER INFLUENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS TO RE-ESTABLISH THE COMPETITIVE MARKETS THAT HAVE LONG FORMED THE BEDROCK OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BY COMBINING POLICY, LEGAL, AND MARKET STRUCTURE EXPERTISE WITH SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND COALITION-BUILDING EFFORTS, OPEN MARKETS SEEKS NOT ONLY TO HOLD TODAY'S MONOPOLIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR ABUSE OF POWER, BUT TO REBUILD AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM WHERE PROGRESS IS EASIER TO ACHIEVE, BECAUSE POWER IS FAR MORE WIDELY AND EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED.

  Expenses $1,033,798

• TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY - SINCE OUR LAUNCH AS AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION, THE OPEN MARKETS TEAM HAS FOCUSED ON SOUNDING THE ALARM ON THE MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES AND HARMS OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, AND AMAZON. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS IS NOW A PART OF THE NATIONAL DEBATE AND THE MOMENTUM FOR ACTION. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON ENSURING STRUCTURAL REMEDIES ARE APPLIED TO THE HARMS OF THESE PLATFORM MONOPOLIES, WE PLAN TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND OUR WORK ON TECHNOLOGY AND POWER BEYOND THE THREE BIG PLATFORMS. THE MISSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY & POWER PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT NEW TECHNOLOGIES ALWAYS SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE AND CANNOT BE USED TO CONCENTRATE DANGEROUS DEGREES OF POWER AND CONTROL OVER THE ACTIONS OR THOUGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, OR ENTIRE SOCIETIES.

  Expenses $665,565

• COMPETITION LAW AND PHILOSOPHY - OPEN MARKETS SEEKS TO ACCELERATE SHAPING THE DIRECTION OF THE LAW THROUGH RESEARCH AND THE FILING OF AMICUS BRIEFS AND COMMENT LETTERS AND PETITIONS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES IN ANTITRUST CASES AND OTHER COMPETITION POLICY MATTERS. THIS WORK HAS ALREADY HAD INFLUENCE. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS IN DRIVING ACTION THROUGH OUR STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL PROGRAM AS SEEN IN THE TWO MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS ANNOUNCED INTO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH STATE OFFICES ON ISSUES RELATED TO AGRICULTURE, LABOR, AND HEALTHCARE.

  Expenses $665,428

• INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS - PUBLIC POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE TERMS OF TRADE WITH OTHER NATIONS, INCLUDING TARIFFS, HAVE PROFOUND EFFECTS ON THE STRUCTURE OF MARKETS, RANGING FROM UNWARRANTED PROTECTION FOR DOMESTIC MONOPOLIES TO THE PROMOTION OF TRANSNATIONAL TRADING COMPANIES THAT EXPLOIT LABOR, EVADE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, AND CREATE DANGEROUSLY OVEREXTENDED SUPPLY CHANNELS. AT THE SAME TIME TRADE POLICY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN STRENGTHENING OR WEAKENING AMERICA'S GEOPOLITICAL POSITION IN THE WORLD, MAKING TRADE, COMPETITION POLICY, AND NATIONAL SECURITY INTRINSICALLY LINKED.

  Expenses $652,184

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

16 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533209349300548

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