Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $10,715,473
- Total expenses
- $9,109,035
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,842,990
- Grants paid
- $850,081
- Program service revenue
- $98,550
- Investment income
- $628,542
- Other revenue
- $145,391
- Total assets, end of year
- $38,156,614
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,670,077
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $35,486,537
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,881,638
- Management and general expenses
- $1,193,937
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,033,460
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,881,638
Program services were 75.5% 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.
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1d · Related organizations
$3,652,602
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$6,190,388
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2a · Program service revenue: LIBERTY FUND
total $98,550 · related or exempt $98,550
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3 · Investment income
total $260,191 · excluded $260,191
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6a · Gross rents
real property $107,589
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $107,589
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $107,589 · excluded $107,589
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,913,471
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,545,120
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $368,351
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $368,351 · excluded $368,351
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$37,802
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $37,802 · related or exempt $37,802
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $850,081 · program services $850,081
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $380,284 · program services $296,622 · management and general $45,634 · fundraising $38,028
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,217,360 · program services $1,666,474 · management and general $294,553 · fundraising $256,333
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $72,663 · program services $54,579 · management and general $9,666 · fundraising $8,418
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $282,702 · program services $213,247 · management and general $37,202 · fundraising $32,253
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $182,851 · program services $138,139 · management and general $23,967 · fundraising $20,745
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11b · Fees: legal
total $28,822 · management and general $28,822
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $138,375 · management and general $138,375
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $84,044 · fundraising $84,044
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $5,132 · management and general $5,132
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11g · Fees: other
total $641,457 · program services $203,571 · management and general $156,444 · fundraising $281,442
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $62,628 · program services $56,019 · fundraising $6,609
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13 · Office expenses
total $42,437 · program services $10,350 · management and general $31,378 · fundraising $709
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14 · Information technology
total $318,054 · program services $192,942 · management and general $119,181 · fundraising $5,931
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15 · Royalties
total $29,669 · program services $29,669
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16 · Occupancy
total $259,456 · program services $196,013 · management and general $34,007 · fundraising $29,436
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17 · Travel
total $321,851 · program services $153,872 · management and general $54,435 · fundraising $113,544
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,075,174 · program services $1,021,521 · management and general $51,086 · fundraising $2,567
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20 · Interest
total $83,405 · program services $63,012 · management and general $10,927 · fundraising $9,466
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $359,653 · program services $271,709 · management and general $47,140 · fundraising $40,804
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23 · Insurance
total $35,331 · management and general $35,331
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24a · Other expenses: NON STAFF TRAVEL & LODG
total $660,318 · program services $650,568 · management and general $4,405 · fundraising $5,345
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24b · Other expenses: HONORARIA
total $420,935 · program services $419,935 · management and general $1,000
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24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE
total $249,150 · program services $146,411 · management and general $28,571 · fundraising $74,168
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24d · Other expenses: NON STAFF MEALS & ENTER
total $99,891 · program services $90,297 · management and general $4,941 · fundraising $4,653
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24e · All other expenses
total $207,312 · program services $156,607 · management and general $31,740 · fundraising $18,965
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,650,912 · end of year $1,277,439
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $8,312,126 · end of year $9,396,731
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $144,376 · end of year $148,492
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$17,748,760
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,177,490
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $12,351,355 · end of year $14,571,270
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $12,422,003 · end of year $12,726,902
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $20,000
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $29,484 · end of year $15,780
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,918,918 · end of year $471,901
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,000,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $238,805 · end of year $198,176
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $18,318,485 · end of year $25,545,988
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $14,454,048 · end of year $9,940,549
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
WE INSPIRE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DISCOVER, EMBRACE, AND ADVANCE THE PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE AMERICA GOOD, FREE, AND PROSPEROUS.
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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE PROGRAM - THE ORGANIZATION HOSTS CONFERENCES FOR STUDENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT TEACH THE PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE AMERICA FREE AND PROSPEROUS.
Expenses $4,509,879 · Grants $176,318
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ISI BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS - THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS TO INTRODUCE COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THE BROADER READING PUBLIC TO THE PRINCIPLES AND VIRTUES THAT MAKE AMERICA FREE AND PROSPEROUS.
Expenses $430,612 · Revenue $37,802
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THE ISI COLLEGIATE NETWORK SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS, PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AND POSTGRADUATE, YEAR-LONG FELLOWSHIPS AT PROMINENT MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROMISING STUDENT JOURNALISTS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY.
Expenses $1,941,147 · Grants $673,763 · Revenue $98,550
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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John A Burtka IVJOHN A BURTKA IV
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $361,317
- From this org
- $335,904
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,413
- Hours/week
- 50 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $335,904
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,300
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,113
- Filer's total
- $361,317
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Thomas E LynchTHOMAS E LYNCH
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Byron W SmithBYRON W SMITH
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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John SlavicJOHN SLAVIC
SECRETARY-TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Larry ArnnLARRY ARNN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Richard BacigalupiRICHARD BACIGALUPI
TRUSTEE (FROM 6/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Alejandro ChafuenALEJANDRO CHAFUEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Rick DevosRICK DEVOS
TRUSTEE (FROM 6/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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David DurellDAVID DURELL
TRUSTEE (UNTIL 3/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Michael GlebaMICHAEL GLEBA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Mark HenrieMARK HENRIE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Christopher LongCHRISTOPHER LONG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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William LongWILLIAM LONG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Regis De RamelREGIS DE RAMEL
TRUSTEE (FROM 6/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Alfred S RegneryALFRED S REGNERY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Kevin RobertsKEVIN ROBERTS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Daniel McCarthyDANIEL MCCARTHY
VICE PRESIDENT AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
- Total calculated
- $189,387
- From this org
- $174,264
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,123
- Hours/week
- 50 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $174,264
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,123
- Filer's total
- $189,387
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Ethan SwainETHAN SWAIN
DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS
- Total calculated
- $182,223
- From this org
- $161,532
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,691
- Hours/week
- 50 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $161,532
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,491
- Filer's total
- $182,223
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Paul RheinPAUL RHEIN
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $196,023
- From this org
- $159,155
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,868
- Hours/week
- 50 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $159,155
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,429
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,439
- Filer's total
- $196,023
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Spencer KashmanianSPENCER KASHMANIAN
CHIEF OF STAFF
- Total calculated
- $159,956
- From this org
- $130,860
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,096
- Hours/week
- 50 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,860
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,044
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,052
- Filer's total
- $159,956
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Ryan StanglerRYAN STANGLER
DIRECTOR OF FOUNDATION RELATIONS
- Total calculated
- $125,225
- From this org
- $110,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,025
- Hours/week
- 50 + 5 related
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A
- THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS BOOKED FIRST CLASS TRAVEL TOTALING $585 AND $644, RESPECTIVELY. THESE WERE THE CHEAPEST SEATS AVAILABLE ON THE TRAIN BY THEIR TIME OF BOOKING.
- PART I, LINE 1B
- THESE TRIPS WERE BOOKED BASED ON THE NORMAL EXPENSE APPROVAL PROCESS. BASED ON THESE EVENT, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A FORMAL PROCESS.
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.
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.
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501(C)(3) · EDUCATION THROUGH STUDENT JOURNALISM · DE · controlled entity
Directly controlled by INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 17 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531079349301308
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