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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,919,623
Total expenses
$1,802,397
Contributions and grants received
$1,919,623
Grants paid
$134,345
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,159,808
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,808
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,152,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,575,173
Management and general expenses
$227,224
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,575,173

Program services were 87.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $243,030

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,676,593

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $50,179

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $134,345 · program services $134,345

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $154,276 · program services $143,398 · management and general $10,878

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,113 · management and general $5,113

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,209 · program services $3,340 · management and general $22,869

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,454 · management and general $14,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,763 · management and general $19,763

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,100 · management and general $5,100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $949,191 · program services $877,693 · management and general $71,498

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,258 · program services $5,258

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,657 · management and general $8,657

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,623 · program services $2,768 · management and general $6,855

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,786 · management and general $52,786

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,080 · program services $17,080

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $186,922 · program services $186,922

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,544 · management and general $5,544

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLLING & MESSAGING

    total $184,876 · program services $184,876

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS& ENTERTAINMENT

    total $14,723 · program services $14,723

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,082 · program services $4,000 · management and general $82

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION

    total $3,400 · management and general $3,400

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $995 · program services $770 · management and general $225

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $62,675 · end of year $197,367

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,109,864 · end of year $946,538

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $13,115

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,788

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $79,554 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $131,705 · end of year $7,808

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $157,227 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $963,161 · end of year $1,152,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF DEMOCRACY FOR ALL CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC POLICIES AND PROMOTE NONPARTISAN POLITICAL INNOVATION.

  • INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION, INC. PARTNERS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO CONDUCT RIGOROUS RESEARCH AND POLICY ANALYSIS ON NONPARTISAN ELECTION REFORM, WRITING AND COMMISSIONING PROJECTS AND REPORTS STUDYING THE BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES OF ELECTORAL REFORM. THROUGH MEETINGS, PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA OUTREACH, AND PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, IPI LEADS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF NONPARTISAN POLITICAL REFORMS AND OF THE ELECTION REFORM FINAL FIVE VOTING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS INDUSTRIES, SECTORS, AND POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.

    Expenses $1,575,173 · Grants $134,345

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KATHERINE GEHL

    CHAIR & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

  • GREG MARCUS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA KATZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349309236

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