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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,421,546
Total expenses
$776,072
Contributions and grants received
$1,340,786
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$80,500
Investment income
$260
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,316,093
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,583
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,263,510
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$619,786
Management and general expenses
$142,023
Fundraising expenses
$14,263
Program service expenses (Part III)
$619,786

Program services were 79.9% 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

    $1,340,786

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS & CONSULTING INCOME

    total $80,500 · related or exempt $80,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $260 · excluded $260

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $161,752 · program services $132,636 · management and general $25,881 · fundraising $3,235

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $376,829 · program services $309,000 · management and general $60,292 · fundraising $7,537

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,649 · program services $12,832 · management and general $2,504 · fundraising $313

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,095 · program services $71,418 · management and general $13,935 · fundraising $1,742

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,969 · program services $34,415 · management and general $6,715 · fundraising $839

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,142 · management and general $25,142

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,846 · program services $10,534 · management and general $2,055 · fundraising $257

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,004 · program services $9,023 · management and general $1,761 · fundraising $220

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,562 · program services $2,921 · management and general $570 · fundraising $71

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,239 · program services $7,239

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,744 · program services $17,744

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,468 · program services $2,024 · management and general $395 · fundraising $49

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $2,238 · management and general $2,238

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $535 · management and general $535

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $158,408 · end of year $451,711

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $576,816 · end of year $622,076

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,000 · end of year $215,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $25,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,333 · end of year $2,306

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,521 · end of year $52,583

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $160,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $578,036 · end of year $1,098,510

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $165,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

COMMITTED TO IMPROVING PUBLIC POLICIES AND PRIVATE PRACTICES TO BETTER THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF ALL NEW YORKERS. FOUNDED IN 1991, FPI IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A STRONG ECONOMY IN WHICH PROSPERITY IS SHARED BY ALL NEW YORKERS.

  • THE FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE IS A NONPARTISAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON THE TAX, BUDGET, AND ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS. FPI'S WORK IS INTENDED TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT CREATE A STRONG STATE ECONOMY IN WHICH PROSPERITY IS BROADLY SHARED. FPI PROMOTES PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FISCAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES FACING NEW YORKERS BY CONDUCTING AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, DISSEMINATING ITS WORK IN PRINT, RADIO, TELEVISION, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HOLDING CONFERENCES AND INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS, AMONG OTHER MEANS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

    Expenses $619,786 · Revenue $80,500

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nathan Gusdorf

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $166,604
    From this org
    $161,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,853
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,751
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,853
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $166,604
  • Emily Eisner

    ACTING EXEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Debipriya Chatterjee

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian McDonnell

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Rankin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Breslin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Donahue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Savage

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fran Turner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elie Ward

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine D'Onofrio PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
25 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202641769349300019

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