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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR REFORMING GOVERNMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,468,754
Total expenses
$1,252,493
Contributions and grants received
$1,428,890
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$39,563
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$301
Total assets, end of year
$1,142,333
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,984
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,093,349
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$777,536
Management and general expenses
$341,766
Fundraising expenses
$133,191
Program service expenses (Part III)
$777,536

Program services were 62.1% 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

    $1,428,890

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $39,563 · related or exempt $39,563

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $301 · excluded $301

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $301

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $774,217 · program services $464,530 · management and general $232,265 · fundraising $77,422

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,795 · program services $17,876 · management and general $8,939 · fundraising $2,980

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,621 · program services $38,173 · management and general $19,086 · fundraising $6,362

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $54,271 · management and general $54,271

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,055 · program services $7,835 · management and general $3,915 · fundraising $1,305

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $176,624 · program services $164,708 · management and general $43 · fundraising $11,873

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,769 · program services $52,769

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,007 · program services $14,503 · fundraising $14,504

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,108 · program services $4,108

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,067 · program services $13,034 · fundraising $13,033

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,564 · management and general $5,564

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISC M&E

    total $13,593 · management and general $13,593

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER BUSINESS EXP

    total $9,227 · management and general $3,515 · fundraising $5,712

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEE

    total $575 · management and general $575

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $892,442 · end of year $1,100,980

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $20,755

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $26,366 · end of year $18,098

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,063 · end of year $2,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,783 · end of year $48,984

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $877,088 · end of year $1,093,349

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH IRC 501(C)(3), THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO REMOVE BARRIERS SEPARATING INDIVIDUALS FROM AN EFFICIENT AND FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND PEER REVIEW STUDIES TO EVALUATE POLICIES AND CONSIDER SOLUTIONS FOR DEFICIENCIES.

  • PROVIDED PUBLIC, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS ON STATE GOVERNMENT, K-12 EDUCATION, AND THE ECONOMY.

    Expenses $589,221

  • CONDUCTED PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS OF WISCONSIN PEOPLE.

    Expenses $116,618

  • MONITORED GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND REGULATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

    Expenses $32,135

  • MANAGEMENT FEE

    Expenses $39,562

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cj Szafir

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $149,000
    From this org
    $144,310
    From related orgs
    $4,690
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rob McDonald

    CHAIRMAN/PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bill Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alison Prange

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jim Villa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ivan Gamboa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Nicole Schneider

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543219349305689

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