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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$413,467
Total expenses
$708,535
Contributions and grants received
$357,200
Grants paid
$167,331
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$56,204
Other revenue
$63
Total assets, end of year
$1,072,817
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,765
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,022,052
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$541,722
Management and general expenses
$138,970
Fundraising expenses
$27,843
Program service expenses (Part III)
$541,722

Program services were 76.5% 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

    $357,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $56,204 · excluded $56,204

  • 11a · Other revenue: CLASS ACTION PROCEEDS

    total $63 · excluded $63

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $63

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $167,331 · program services $167,331

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $251,262 · program services $188,446 · management and general $37,690 · fundraising $25,126

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,694 · program services $2,771 · management and general $554 · fundraising $369

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,643 · program services $10,232 · management and general $2,047 · fundraising $1,364

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,225 · management and general $47,225

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,841 · management and general $1,841

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $181,916 · program services $165,567 · management and general $16,349

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,471 · management and general $8,471

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,735 · program services $6,551 · management and general $1,310 · fundraising $874

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,041 · management and general $20,041

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $256 · program services $192 · management and general $38 · fundraising $26

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $842 · program services $632 · management and general $126 · fundraising $84

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,176 · management and general $2,176

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE

    total $1,102 · management and general $1,102

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $83,359 · end of year $139,850

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,335,258 · end of year $904,570

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,518 · end of year $28,311

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

    $24,397

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

    $24,311

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $342 · end of year $86

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $120,307 · end of year $50,765

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,317,170 · end of year $1,022,052

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED WITH A MISSION TO SUPPORT THE SECTORS OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY AT THE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS BY PROMOTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY. THE INSTITUTE PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE THE ROLE OF A CIVIL SOCIETY

  • THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON RESEARCH, WRITING AND EDUCATION ON ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ON PUBLIC OPINION ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, LEADERSHIP AND PROBLEM SOLVING. ALSO, WATER POLICIES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY CONTINUE TO BE AREAS OF RESEARCH AND WRITING. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE OBJECTIVES, IN ADDITION TO OTHER OPERATING COSTS, THE ORGANIZATION MADE GRANTS TO 3 ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $541,722 · Grants $167,331

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Frank Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Van Rens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Solo

    PRESIDENT & EXEC. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,262
    From this org
    $220,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,262
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,862
    Filer's total
    $251,262

  • Gail Pressberg

    TREASURER/CLERK/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Approval by the board or 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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349308067

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