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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR THE NATIONAL INTEREST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,733,313
Total expenses
$2,030,808
Contributions and grants received
$1,082,640
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,643,738
Investment income
$4
Other revenue
$6,931
Total assets, end of year
$1,882,532
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,208,723
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$673,809
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,627,440
Management and general expenses
$350,722
Fundraising expenses
$52,646
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,627,440

Program services were 80.1% 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

    $1,082,640

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $1,643,738 · unrelated business $1,643,738

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4 · excluded $4

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $6,931 · excluded $6,931

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $292,911 · program services $187,911 · management and general $60,000 · fundraising $45,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $315,921 · program services $253,915 · management and general $62,006

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,181 · program services $7,017 · management and general $4,164

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,965 · program services $27,344 · management and general $23,621

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,314 · program services $24,204 · management and general $7,110

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,617 · program services $21,309 · management and general $21,308

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $767,873 · program services $743,996 · management and general $23,877

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $140 · program services $140

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,501 · program services $31,985 · management and general $19,492 · fundraising $24

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $257,188 · program services $246,384 · management and general $10,804

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $100,583 · program services $51,672 · management and general $48,911

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,211 · program services $6,179 · management and general $15,410 · fundraising $7,622

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $25,651 · program services $1,896 · management and general $23,755

  • 20 · Interest

    total $34,407 · program services $17,203 · management and general $17,204

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $513 · management and general $513

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,547 · management and general $12,547

  • 24a · Other expenses: INCOME TAX EXPENSE

    total $6,285 · program services $6,285

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $467,261 · end of year $991,645

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $156,139 · end of year $479,867

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,170 · end of year $13,597

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

    $111,787

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

    $110,361

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $718 · end of year $1,426

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $634

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $478,515 · end of year $395,997

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $78,903 · end of year $228,019

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $600,200 · end of year $600,200

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $459,030 · end of year $380,504

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$357,746 · end of year $137,324

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $329,050 · end of year $536,485

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER IS A NON-PARTISAN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED BY FORMER PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON. ITS CURRENT PROGRAMS FOCUS ON ENERGY, SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND U.S. RELATIONS WITH CHINA, JAPAN, RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CENTER IS A NON-PARTISAN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTION FOCUSING ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.

  • "THE NATIONAL INTEREST" IS AN ONLINE MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER THAT SEEKS TO PROMOTE A FRESH DEBATE ABOUT THE COURSE OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY BY FEATURING A VARIETY OF LEADING AUTHORS FROM GOVERNMENT, JOURNALISM AND ACADEMIA.

    Expenses $1,627,440 · Revenue $1,643,738

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • PAUL J SAUNDERS

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JACOB E HEILBRUNN

    EDITOR - THE NATIONAL INTEREST

    Total calculated
    $142,911
    From this org
    $142,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MAURICE E GREENBERG

    CHAIRMAN, EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DREW GUFF

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SENATOR PAT ROBERTS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GRAHAM ALLISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMBASSADOR RICHARD BURT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KRIS ELFTMANN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID KEENE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AMBASSADOR ZALMAY KHALILZAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GROVER NORQUIST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • WILLIAM RUGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID ZALAZNICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AHMED CHARAI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CLAIRE KAISER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GENERAL GLEN VANHERCK

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349311542

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