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← FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,537,118
Total expenses
$1,568,744
Contributions and grants received
$1,163,927
Grants paid
$26,077
Program service revenue
$362,374
Investment income
$14,378
Other revenue
-$3,561
Total assets, end of year
$921,634
Total liabilities, end of year
$208,335
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$713,299
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,341,593
Management and general expenses
$172,386
Fundraising expenses
$54,765
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,341,593

Program services were 85.5% 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

    $106,800

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,057,127

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Registration Fees

    total $124,344 · related or exempt $124,344

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other

    total $5,413 · related or exempt $5,413

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Elevate Memberships

    total $188,762 · related or exempt $188,762

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Next Memberships

    total $43,855 · related or exempt $43,855

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,378 · excluded $14,378

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $113,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $106,800

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $116,761

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,561 · excluded -$3,561

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,111 · program services $1,111

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $24,966 · program services $24,966

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $317,826 · program services $270,152 · management and general $31,783 · fundraising $15,891

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $577,470 · program services $522,336 · management and general $52,706 · fundraising $2,428

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,581 · program services $14,094 · management and general $1,422 · fundraising $65

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,648 · program services $57,571 · management and general $5,809 · fundraising $268

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,095 · program services $53,555 · management and general $4,500 · fundraising $2,040

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,841 · management and general $28,841

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,351 · management and general $3,351

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,854 · program services $45,045 · management and general $2,809

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,386 · program services $4,777 · management and general $501 · fundraising $108

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,635 · program services $57,332 · management and general $6,011 · fundraising $1,292

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,816 · program services $6,933 · management and general $727 · fundraising $156

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,280 · program services $4,683 · management and general $491 · fundraising $106

  • 17 · Travel

    total $58,213 · program services $51,635 · management and general $5,414 · fundraising $1,164

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,247 · program services $6,429 · management and general $674 · fundraising $144

  • 24a · Other expenses: MeetingEvent Costs

    total $261,615 · program services $220,974 · management and general $9,538 · fundraising $31,103

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank and Merchant Fees

    total $17,809 · management and general $17,809

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $170,350 · end of year $134,506

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $138,912 · end of year $128,831

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,649 · end of year $6,597

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $44,244 · end of year $42,485

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $554,070 · end of year $609,215

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,829 · end of year $49,704

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $153,589 · end of year $158,631

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $680,107 · end of year $673,299

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,700 · end of year $40,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

IPR is dedicated to the science beneath the art of public relations. We create, curate, and promote research and initiatives that empower professionals with actionable insights and intelligence they can put to immediate use.

  • Research - The Research activities include expenses related to the development, execution, and promotion of assets, projects, conferences and events, and awards for research.

    Expenses $672,786 · Grants $26,077

  • Education - The Education activities include conferences, meetings and events, and education projects and initiatives.

    Expenses $668,807 · Revenue $362,374

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Tina McCorkindale

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $317,826
    From this org
    $308,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,359
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $275,000
    Bonus
    $29,898
    Other
    $3,569
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,359
    Filer's total
    $317,826
  • Sarah Jackson

    Sr Dir of Communications

    Total calculated
    $131,512
    From this org
    $121,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,114
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Besanceney

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jill Carapellotti

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Bill Chandler

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Rob Clark

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Steve Cody

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Joe Cohen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Sarah Crawshaw

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Geoff Curtis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Maureen Davenport

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Ray Day

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Marcia DiStaso

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Michael A Fernandez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Terence Flynn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Chris Foster

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Paul Gennaro

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Emily Graham

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Gary F Grates

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jerilan Greene

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Lindsey ONeill

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Stacey Jones

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Mark Klein

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Moyra Knight

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Mike Kuczkowski

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Grace Leong

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Maril MacDonald

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kenneth D Makovsky

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jamie McLaughlin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Doug G Pinkham

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Arati Randolph

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Linda Rutherford

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dave Scholz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Diane Schwartz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Michael Schneider

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Eileen Sheil

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • James M Simon

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kirk T Stewart

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jennifer Skyler

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Erin Streeter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Oscar Suris

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Leslie Sutton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Chris Talley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Stephen Thomas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Chuck Wallington

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Charlene Wheeless

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Donald K Wright

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Ian Bailey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Natalie Tindall

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Gerry Tschopp

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Su Lin Yeo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Mac Worsham

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jeanne LaCour

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Peter Lucht

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Ethan McCarty

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kelli Parsons

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Arielle Patrick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Therese Van Ryne

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Carreen Winters

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Steffen Kurzawa

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Diana Littman

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Ludwig

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yanique Woodall

    Immdiate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cameron Batten

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bradley Akubuiro

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Suzanne Bouhia

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kristine Boyden

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kate Bullinger

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Laura Burke

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Katherine Burns

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Diedre Campbell

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Carol Carrubba

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Keith Dailey

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Susan Dolan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Robert Dowling

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Katherine Ducker

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Laura Duda

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Margot Edelman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Glenn Eden

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Whitney Eichinger

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Christine Elliott

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Hilary Fussell Sisco

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Manuel Goncalves

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jennifer Gottlieb

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Brian Grace

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • David Grossman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Peter Harris

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Orest Holubec

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Bill Imada

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jim Joseph

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Nina Kao

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Aaron Kwittken

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Alison Lubert

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Tim Marklein

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Katie McBreen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Juan Meng

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Amy Jo Meyer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Lauren Mistretta

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Lynne Mulholland

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Bob Osmond

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Michael Patino

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Trity Pourbahrami

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Maria Poveromo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Amber Roberts

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Gary Rudnick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Michelle Russo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Bey-Ling Sha

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Elan Shou

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jane Slusark

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Cortney Stapleton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Samantha Stark

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • T R Straub

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Arun Sudhaman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Frank Tramble

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Vanessa von Bismarck

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Mark Walters

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Dr Damion Waymer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Krista Webster

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kelly Williamson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Faryar Borhani

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Thomas Bunn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Adrienne Chance

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Craig Dezern

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Carol Harrison

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Lisa Kaplan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Mariella Kapsaskis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Lisa Kiefer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Kathy King

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Michael Lasky

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Cynara Lilly

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Cristina Martinez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Tamara Norman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Travis Parman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • KayAnn P Schoeneman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Laura Tomasetti

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Crystal Walker

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46
  • Jason Yaley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Other non-fixed payments (Part I, line 7)
The Executive Committee determines a bonus as part of an annual performance evaluation.

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
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601749349300805

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