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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,715,209
Total expenses
$4,811,658
Contributions and grants received
$2,710,000
Grants paid
$985,297
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$5,209
Total assets, end of year
$1,401,354
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,286
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,342,068
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,728,538
Management and general expenses
$83,120
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,728,538

Program services were 98.3% 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

    $2,710,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $5,209 · related or exempt $5,209

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,209

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $233,425 · program services $233,425

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $751,872 · program services $751,872

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $143,338 · program services $137,956 · management and general $5,382

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $511,992 · program services $489,988 · management and general $22,004

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $119,012 · program services $116,999 · management and general $2,013

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $114,374 · program services $109,799 · management and general $4,575

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $68,711 · program services $68,711

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,588,769 · program services $1,586,181 · management and general $2,588

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $108,148 · program services $88,561 · management and general $19,587

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,360 · program services $24,360

  • 17 · Travel

    total $901,521 · program services $888,033 · management and general $13,488

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $235,987 · program services $224,534 · management and general $11,453

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,149 · program services $8,119 · management and general $2,030

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,607,540 · end of year $1,359,403

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,208 · end of year $30,024

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,494 · end of year $11,927

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $182,725 · end of year $59,286

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,393,108 · end of year $1,298,738

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,409 · end of year $43,330

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION ("TPIFF") DRAWS ON THE LEGACY OF THAT GREAT JOURNAL OF IDEAS AND POLICY FOUNDED BY DANIEL BELL AND IRVING KRISTOL. THIS LEGACY NOURISHED GENERATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO MEETING THE MORAL AND CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF THE DAY THROUGH THE RIGOROUS STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA AND RECLAIMING OF THE ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITION. CONCEIVED IN THAT SPIRIT, TPIFF PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND A CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE TRADITION OF FREEDOM. THE UNIQUE COMBINATION OF WORK AND STUDY IS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE A FELLOW'S PURSUIT OF CAREERS DEVOTED TO ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • RETREATS - TPIFF HOSTED THREE RETREATS THAT COVERED PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE RELATED TO CRITICAL POLICY ISSUES.

    Expenses $2,095,179 · Grants $325,420

  • SEMINARS - FELLOWS STUDIED POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, POLICY, AND HISTORY. EACH WEEK OF THE PROGRAM, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE WEEKLY WRITTEN RESPONSES, TO ENGAGE IN CLOSE TEXT STUDY, AND TO DEBATE WITH EACH OTHER.

    Expenses $914,848 · Grants $142,093

  • PUBLICATIONS - THE FELLOWS WORKED FULL-TIME WITH PUBLICATIONS, THINK-TANKS, AND OBJECTIVE NON-PARTISAN POLICY FIRMS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.

    Expenses $1,421,514 · Grants $220,787

  • OTHER GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $296,997 · Grants $296,997

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eliana Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Peter Berkowitz

    DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Aaron MacLean

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jay Kramer

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Garrett Exner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,338
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,338
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521969349303302

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