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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,330,733
Total expenses
$13,214,756
Contributions and grants received
$25,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,302,140
Investment income
$2,727
Other revenue
$866
Total assets, end of year
$22,233,192
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,493,744
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,739,448
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,957,523
Management and general expenses
$257,233
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,957,523

Program services were 98.1% 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

    $25,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT FEES

    total $13,232,438 · related or exempt $13,232,438

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $46,319 · related or exempt $46,319

  • 2c · Program service revenue: NAVIGATOR/MEMBERSHIP

    total $23,383 · related or exempt $23,383

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,727 · excluded $2,727

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $866 · excluded $866

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $866

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $868,225 · program services $560,769 · management and general $307,456

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,950,964 · program services $2,740,479 · management and general $1,210,485

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $216,884 · management and general $216,884

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,546,799 · management and general $1,546,799

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $358,733 · management and general $358,733

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,865 · management and general $35,865

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $405,522 · program services $173,773 · management and general $231,749

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,105 · program services $15,370 · management and general $14,735

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,527,329 · management and general $1,527,329

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,747 · program services $66,535 · management and general $6,212

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,931 · program services $8,118 · management and general $3,813

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $100,782 · management and general $100,782

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,221 · management and general $2,221

  • 24a · Other expenses: MGA & OH ALLOC TO PROGM

    total $5,873,096 · program services $5,873,096

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTORS

    total $3,480,810 · program services $3,480,810

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECT UNALLOCABLE EXP

    total $210,677 · management and general $210,677

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $140,033 · program services $210 · management and general $139,823

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$5,617,967 · program services $38,363 · management and general -$5,656,330

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $580,553

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,686,559 · end of year $3,007,239

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,193,045 · end of year $1,961,467

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

    $1,929,469

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

    $1,891,892

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $138,362 · end of year $37,577

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $724,072 · end of year $16,646,356

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $329,047 · end of year $1,074,640

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    end of year $770,011

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,288,549 · end of year $15,649,093

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,124,442 · end of year $4,739,448

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE IDENTIFIES AND LEADS DISCUSSIONS ON KEY S&T AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES (CONTINUED SCHEDULE O) FACING OUR SOCIETY, PROVIDING AN ACADEMIC FORUM FOR THE STUDY OF RELATED POLICY ISSUES. BASED ON DATA AND EVIDENCE, WE DEVELOP MEANINGFUL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENSURE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONTRACT RESEARCH & STUDIES OF SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY & POLICY.

  • THE INSTITUTE ASSISTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY POLICIES, INCLUDING STRATEGIC PLANNING, TECHNICAL EVALUATION, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

    Expenses $12,957,523 · Revenue $13,302,140

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gen Alfred M Gray Usmc Ret

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $151,000
    From this org
    $151,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $151,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $151,000
  • Jennifer M Buss PhD

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $339,263
    From this org
    $319,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,073
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $319,190
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,073
    Filer's total
    $339,263
  • Gail G Clifford CPA

    VP FOR FINANCIAL MGMT

    Total calculated
    $302,050
    From this org
    $272,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,994
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,056
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,994
    Filer's total
    $302,050
  • Gary L Sojka

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lyle A Cox Jr PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Theodore Glum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $59,500
    From this org
    $59,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Howard K Schue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John Y Young Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Carmen Farro

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $227,672
    From this org
    $189,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,585
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,087
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,585
    Filer's total
    $227,672
  • Robert Hummel

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $239,563
    From this org
    $203,822
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,741
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,822
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,741
    Filer's total
    $239,563
  • Miriam Jackson

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $185,531
    From this org
    $176,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,417
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,114
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,417
    Filer's total
    $185,531
  • Gordon O'Neill

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $196,551
    From this org
    $178,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,398
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,153
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,398
    Filer's total
    $196,551
  • Curtis Pearson

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $264,762
    From this org
    $233,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,529
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,233
    Filer's total
    $264,762

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
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2022
Filed
24 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312989349301221

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