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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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,652,602

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,190,388

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LIBERTY FUND

    total $98,550 · related or exempt $98,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $260,191 · excluded $260,191

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $107,589

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $107,589

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $107,589 · excluded $107,589

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,913,471

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,545,120

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $368,351

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $368,351 · excluded $368,351

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $37,802

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $37,802 · related or exempt $37,802

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $850,081 · program services $850,081

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $380,284 · program services $296,622 · management and general $45,634 · fundraising $38,028

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,217,360 · program services $1,666,474 · management and general $294,553 · fundraising $256,333

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $72,663 · program services $54,579 · management and general $9,666 · fundraising $8,418

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $282,702 · program services $213,247 · management and general $37,202 · fundraising $32,253

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $182,851 · program services $138,139 · management and general $23,967 · fundraising $20,745

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,822 · management and general $28,822

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $138,375 · management and general $138,375

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $84,044 · fundraising $84,044

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,132 · management and general $5,132

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $641,457 · program services $203,571 · management and general $156,444 · fundraising $281,442

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $62,628 · program services $56,019 · fundraising $6,609

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,437 · program services $10,350 · management and general $31,378 · fundraising $709

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $318,054 · program services $192,942 · management and general $119,181 · fundraising $5,931

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $29,669 · program services $29,669

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $259,456 · program services $196,013 · management and general $34,007 · fundraising $29,436

  • 17 · Travel

    total $321,851 · program services $153,872 · management and general $54,435 · fundraising $113,544

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,075,174 · program services $1,021,521 · management and general $51,086 · fundraising $2,567

  • 20 · Interest

    total $83,405 · program services $63,012 · management and general $10,927 · fundraising $9,466

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $359,653 · program services $271,709 · management and general $47,140 · fundraising $40,804

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,331 · management and general $35,331

  • 24a · Other expenses: NON STAFF TRAVEL & LODG

    total $660,318 · program services $650,568 · management and general $4,405 · fundraising $5,345

  • 24b · Other expenses: HONORARIA

    total $420,935 · program services $419,935 · management and general $1,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $249,150 · program services $146,411 · management and general $28,571 · fundraising $74,168

  • 24d · Other expenses: NON STAFF MEALS & ENTER

    total $99,891 · program services $90,297 · management and general $4,941 · fundraising $4,653

  • 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.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,650,912 · end of year $1,277,439

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,312,126 · end of year $9,396,731

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $144,376 · end of year $148,492

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

    $17,748,760

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

    $3,177,490

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,351,355 · end of year $14,571,270

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,422,003 · end of year $12,726,902

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $20,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $29,484 · end of year $15,780

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,918,918 · end of year $471,901

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $238,805 · end of year $198,176

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,318,485 · end of year $25,545,988

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • John 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
  • Thomas E Lynch

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Byron W Smith

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • John Slavic

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Larry Arnn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Richard Bacigalupi

    TRUSTEE (FROM 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Alejandro Chafuen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Rick Devos

    TRUSTEE (FROM 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • David Durell

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Michael Gleba

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Mark Henrie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Christopher Long

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • William Long

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Regis De Ramel

    TRUSTEE (FROM 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Alfred S Regnery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Kevin Roberts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Daniel 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
  • Ethan 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
  • Paul 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
  • Spencer 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
  • Ryan 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.

  • COLLEGIATE NETWORK INC

    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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