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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY.

Totals

Total revenue
$680,862
Total expenses
$747,936
Contributions and grants received
$617,387
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$54,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$9,475
Total assets, end of year
$210,658
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,115
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$47,543
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$238,903
Management and general expenses
$309,086
Fundraising expenses
$199,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$238,903

Program services were 31.9% 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

    $617,387

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACTIVITY TICKET SALES

    total $54,000 · related or exempt $54,000

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,000

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $9,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $9,000 · excluded $9,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $475 · related or exempt $475

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $475

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $187,776 · program services $37,556 · management and general $75,110 · fundraising $75,110

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $188,557 · program services $88,918 · management and general $74,729 · fundraising $24,910

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,377 · program services $3,088 · management and general $7,437 · fundraising $2,852

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,935 · program services $8,625 · management and general $10,435 · fundraising $6,875

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,152 · management and general $36,152

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $71,116 · program services $71,116

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,790 · program services $5,790

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,394 · management and general $5,158 · fundraising $20,236

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,224 · program services $2,224

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,101 · management and general $32,101

  • 17 · Travel

    total $76,466 · program services $6,771 · fundraising $69,695

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,191 · management and general $11,191

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,691 · management and general $15,691

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,582 · management and general $14,582

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS/SUBSCR./REFERENCE

    total $22,783 · program services $14,815 · management and general $7,968

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & REPAIRS

    total $15,483 · management and general $15,483

  • 24c · Other expenses: CEO EMPLOYMENT EXPENSES

    total $1,545 · management and general $1,545

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $1,244 · management and general $1,244

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $529 · management and general $260 · fundraising $269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $27,496 · end of year $8,538

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

    $561,180

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

    $362,605

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $183,217 · end of year $198,575

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,545 · end of year $3,545

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,758 · end of year $16,570

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $84,883 · end of year $146,545

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,617 · end of year $47,543

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE IDEALS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS, AND STRONG FAMILIES BY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, AND THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND AND DEFEND LIBERTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE IDEALS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS AND STRONG FAMILIES BY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING AND DEFENDING LIBERTY.

  • THE CENTER RESEARCHES AND STUDIES PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND DISPENSES THIS INFORMATION TO POLICY MAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $156,936 · Revenue $54,000

  • THE CENTER'S PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL DIVISION ADVISES AND REPRESENTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AT NO COST TO THE CLIENTS, IN MATTERS INVOLVING THE DEFENSE OF FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.

    Expenses $81,967

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas Carswell

    PRESIDENT /

    Total calculated
    $187,776
    From this org
    $167,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,276
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $20,276
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $187,776

  • Aaron Rice

    DIRECTOR - L

    Total calculated
    $128,016
    From this org
    $113,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,975
    Hours/week
    40

  • Calvin Wells

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hc Mac McGehee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug McDaniel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Herring

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gloria Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alan Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Arthur Finkelberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • John Marchetti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ashley Meena

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Price Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Thomas Dunbar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542189349301304

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