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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,590,232
Total expenses
$1,436,379
Contributions and grants received
$1,587,815
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$97
Other revenue
$2,320
Total assets, end of year
$219,209
Total liabilities, end of year
$114,188
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$105,021
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,200,427
Management and general expenses
$123,979
Fundraising expenses
$111,973
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,200,427

Program services were 83.6% 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

    $1,587,815

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $97 · excluded $97

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,320 · related or exempt $2,320

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,320

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,165 · program services $91,843 · management and general $2,529 · fundraising $3,793

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $720,235 · program services $644,818 · management and general $30,167 · fundraising $45,250

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,558 · program services $13,900 · management and general $663 · fundraising $995

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60,203 · program services $54,183 · management and general $2,408 · fundraising $3,612

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $64,870 · program services $58,383 · management and general $2,595 · fundraising $3,892

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,028 · program services $4,028

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,764 · management and general $25,764

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $256,824 · program services $194,874 · management and general $31,676 · fundraising $30,274

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,512 · program services $2,512

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,111 · program services $4,582 · management and general $613 · fundraising $916

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,037 · program services $14,037

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,496 · program services $28,872 · management and general $3,850 · fundraising $5,774

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,724 · program services $18,543 · management and general $2,472 · fundraising $3,709

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,206 · program services $1,654 · management and general $221 · fundraising $331

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,631 · program services $816 · management and general $815

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,664 · program services $8,731 · management and general $13,185 · fundraising $1,748

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAILING & POSTAGE

    total $36,793 · program services $27,595 · management and general $3,679 · fundraising $5,519

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS/PUBLICATI

    total $26,035 · program services $22,130 · fundraising $3,905

  • 24c · Other expenses: PARKING

    total $5,824 · program services $4,368 · management and general $582 · fundraising $874

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $5,060 · program services $3,840 · management and general $488 · fundraising $732

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,639 · program services $718 · management and general $2,272 · fundraising $649

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $138,417 · end of year $101,782

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,357 · end of year $17,642

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,500 · end of year $8,721

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,203 · end of year $31,259

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $15,273

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $15,108

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,796 · end of year $165

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $92,012 · end of year $59,640

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,928 · end of year $60,048

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $306,189 · end of year $54,140

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$123,832 · end of year -$8,979

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $114,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO MAKE NEW YORK A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK BY PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICY REFORMS GROUNDED IN FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE IDEALS OF EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT.

  • PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICY REFORMS FOR NEW YORK STATE.

    Expenses $1,200,427

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Killian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melinda Oakes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luke Jacobs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Confer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita MacDougall

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter C Hein

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Timothy P Hoefer

    TREASURER/PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $267,771
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $258,616
    Other
    $9,155
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $258,616 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,759 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,396 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $267,771 related

  • Daphne Jordan

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $110,916
    From this org
    $106,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,586
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kenneth Girardin

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $117,054
    From this org
    $27,308
    From related orgs
    $84,981
    Other
    $4,765
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

  • William F Hammond

    SENIOR FELLOW FOR HEALTH POLICY

    Total calculated
    $148,189
    From this org
    $143,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,170
    Hours/week
    40

  • Debi Ghate

    FORMER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $239,071
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $224,928
    Other
    $14,143
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $224,928 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,915 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,228 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $239,071 related

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

None.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • EMPIRE CONFIGURATION LLC

    C · CONSULTING · NY · 100% owned · share of income -$124,760 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510489349300401

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