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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PANETTA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,987,313
Total expenses
$2,460,937
Contributions and grants received
$2,431,147
Grants paid
$519,298
Program service revenue
$257,500
Investment income
$294,442
Other revenue
$4,224
Total assets, end of year
$15,205,703
Total liabilities, end of year
$263,501
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,942,202
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,085,661
Management and general expenses
$261,201
Fundraising expenses
$114,075
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,085,661

Program services were 84.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $715,474

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $550,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,165,673

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $401,029

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ticket Sales - Lecture

    total $142,500 · related or exempt $142,500

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program fees - CIP/Fel

    total $115,000 · related or exempt $115,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $294,442 · excluded $294,442

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $4,224 · related or exempt $4,224

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,224

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $519,298 · program services $519,298

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $658,554 · program services $455,288 · management and general $157,629 · fundraising $45,637

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,103 · program services $4,911 · management and general $1,700 · fundraising $492

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,180 · program services $63,728 · management and general $22,064 · fundraising $6,388

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,021 · program services $34,582 · management and general $11,973 · fundraising $3,466

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,229 · program services $28,998 · management and general $3,262 · fundraising $1,969

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,742 · program services $15,031 · management and general $1,691 · fundraising $1,020

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,466 · program services $15,772 · management and general $377 · fundraising $1,317

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,485 · program services $69,266 · management and general $7,004 · fundraising $7,215

  • 17 · Travel

    total $67,361 · program services $66,364 · fundraising $997

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,635 · management and general $34,635

  • 24a · Other expenses: Media Services

    total $326,676 · program services $326,296 · fundraising $380

  • 24b · Other expenses: Speaker Fees

    total $260,000 · program services $260,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: Lodging and meals for s

    total $129,164 · program services $98,264 · fundraising $30,900

  • 24d · Other expenses: student research survey

    total $53,000 · program services $53,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $110,023 · program services $74,863 · management and general $20,866 · fundraising $14,294

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $20,768 · end of year $1,522,072

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,565,595 · end of year $6,600,520

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $255,000 · end of year $255,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $65,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,357 · end of year $38,385

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

    $651,898

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

    $41,156

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $610,742 · end of year $610,742

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,157,289 · end of year $6,086,984

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $127,753 · end of year $27,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $184,690 · end of year $229,501

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $34,400 · end of year $34,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,208,414 · end of year $14,687,202

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $335,000 · end of year $255,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O

Activities or mission (Part I)

To operate a bipartisan center of studies to support the advancement of public policy and to promote public service.

  • FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A:LEON PANETTA LECTURE SERIES - EACH SPRING THE PANETTA INSTITUTE BRINGS TOGETHER NATIONALLY KNOWN GOVERNMENT AND POLICY LEADERS TO DISCUSS CURRENT ISSUES WITH CENTRAL COAST STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAMS ARE BROADCAST THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. BY THE END OF THE 2023 SEASON, MORE THAN 274 SPEAKERS HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM. ALL FOUR LECTURES WERE HELD IN PERSON IN 2023.

    Expenses $963,570

  • Form 990, Part III, Line 4b:CONGRESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED A REPUTATION AS THE PREMIER INTERN PROGRAM IN THE NATION AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS FROM ALL ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO WORK IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS FIRST HAND. BY 2023,577 STUDENTS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE OFFICES OF MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. IN 2023,25 STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES.

    Expenses $647,862

  • Form 990, Part III, Line 4c:YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH:EVERY SPRING,THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TO HELP GUIDE THE CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS, THIS STUDY EXPLORES THE ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ON MANY TOPICS, INCLUDING CURRENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS, LEVEL OF POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT AND CAREER EXPECTATIONS. FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, THE INSTITUTE'S NATIONWIDE POLL HAS BECOME A HIGHLY RESPECTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR ACADEMICS, RESEARCHERS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, AND POLICY MAKERS AND JOURNALISTS INTERESTED IN ANALYZING TWO DECADES OF COLLECTED DATA.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITONAL PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $207,856

  • Expenses $266,373

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Secretary Leon E Panetta

    Chairman & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Sylvia M Panetta

    Co-Chair & CEO & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Catherine C Brock

    Secretary & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted J Balestreri

    Treasurer & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David J Benjamin III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George W Couch III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya A Antle

    Vice Chair & Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rhonda A Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donald Chapin Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simon Salinas

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon E Eubanks Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stanley J Meresman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bettye Saxon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorian Daley

    Director

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349305481

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