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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,640,455
Total expenses
$7,349,556
Contributions and grants received
$7,153,834
Grants paid
$90,750
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,636,734
Other revenue
$849,887
Total assets, end of year
$108,110,769
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,910,667
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,200,102
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,064,550
Management and general expenses
$4,285,006
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,064,550

Program services were 41.7% 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

    $7,153,834

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,636,734 · excluded $1,636,734

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBT

    total $823,718 · excluded $823,718

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $26,169 · excluded $26,169

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $849,887

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,750 · program services $90,750

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,660,391 · program services $1,053,349 · management and general $607,042

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $387,460 · program services $71,901 · management and general $315,559

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $145,879 · program services $78,999 · management and general $66,880

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,177,856 · program services $1,416,137 · management and general $761,719

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $264,991 · program services $199,184 · management and general $65,807

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $272,385 · program services $154,230 · management and general $118,155

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,349,844 · management and general $2,349,844

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,611,762 · end of year $8,087,632

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,053,427 · end of year $1,985,512

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,494,406

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $117,754 · end of year $2,659,505

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $65,028,220 · end of year $63,940,164

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $79,588 · end of year $274,428

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

    $75,483,851

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

    $52,957,767

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,371,928 · end of year $22,526,084

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $2,844,014

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,031,903 · end of year $4,299,024

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $345,365 · end of year $7,047,164

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $2,538,396

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $14,176,023

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,473,967 · end of year $1,149,084

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $80,475,250 · end of year $71,504,447

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $11,695,655

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WIER'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHOSE PROGRAMS ALIGN WITH THE INSTITUTE'S VISION.

  • THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: THE INSTITUTE HOSTED A SERIES OF PUBLIC AND CLOSED-DOOR EVENTS FEATURING LEADING SCHOLARS, DIPLOMATS, AND PRACTITIONERS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL SECURITY CHALLENGES. ITS STAFF PUBLISHED EDITORIALS, COMMENTARIES, AND EXPERT INTERVIEWS ACROSS MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS, ELEVATING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTITUTE CURATED EXPERT PANELS AND SYMPOSIUMS THAT FOSTERED INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE AND AMPLIFIED UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS DISCOURSE.

    Expenses $1,686,982

  • POLICY DEVELOPMENT: THE INSTITUTE ADVANCED NONPARTISAN FOREIGN POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH U.S. POLICYMAKERS, INCLUDING CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS, POLICY MEMOS, AND PRIVATE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. KEY POLICY OUTPUTS INCLUDED DETAILED FRAMEWORKS ON COUNTERING TRANSNATIONAL THREATS, THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION, AND SAFEGUARDING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS. THESE EFFORTS INFORMED DECISION-MAKING AT FEDERAL AGENCIES AND CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES, PROMOTING VALUES-BASED AND EVIDENCE-DRIVEN POLICY FORMATION.

    Expenses $969,419

  • EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION: THE ESTABLISHMENT, FUNDING, AND OPERATION OF POST-SECONDARY 501(C)(3) DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS.

    Expenses $238,366

  • TRAINING AND CAPCITY BUILDING

    Expenses $169,783 · Grants $90,750

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ahmed Alwani

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Hasan Atalib

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mulham Shbeib

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mohammad Totonji

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • NEW LINES INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND POLICY LLC

    RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE · DC · income $2,709,118 · assets $1,417,866

    Directly controlled by WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

  • KEYSTONE COLLEGE LLC

    EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE · PA · income $3,905,359 · assets $33,509,710

    Directly controlled by WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • BANKS COLD STORAGE

    C · COLD STORAGE · GA · 100% owned · share of income $79,113 · share of assets $68,866,314

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202601899349300530

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