Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $745,026
- Total expenses
- $606,912
- Contributions and grants received
- $730,076
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $8,200
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $6,750
- Total assets, end of year
- $223,229
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $37,572
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $185,657
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $195,907
- Management and general expenses
- $246,628
- Fundraising expenses
- $164,377
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $195,907
Program services were 32.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$730,076
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2a · Program service revenue: ACTIVITY TICKET SALES
total $8,200 · related or exempt $8,200
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6a · Gross rents
real property $6,750
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $6,750
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $6,750 · excluded $6,750
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $206,282 · program services $41,256 · management and general $82,513 · fundraising $82,513
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $84,938 · program services $16,988 · management and general $42,629 · fundraising $25,321
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $14,196 · program services $2,840 · management and general $8,517 · fundraising $2,839
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $19,350 · program services $3,870 · management and general $8,376 · fundraising $7,104
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,982 · management and general $14,982
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11g · Fees: other
total $89,647 · program services $89,647
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,483 · program services $5,483
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13 · Office expenses
total $23,511 · management and general $4,230 · fundraising $19,281
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14 · Information technology
total $701 · program services $701
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16 · Occupancy
total $25,402 · management and general $25,402
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17 · Travel
total $46,205 · program services $18,886 · fundraising $27,319
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20 · Interest
total $7,736 · management and general $7,736
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $19,596 · management and general $19,596
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23 · Insurance
total $15,514 · management and general $15,514
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24a · Other expenses: BOOKS/SUBSCR./REFERENCE
total $17,174 · program services $16,236 · management and general $938
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24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & REPAIRS
total $12,102 · management and general $12,102
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24c · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES
total $3,299 · management and general $3,299
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24d · Other expenses: CEO EMPLOYMENT EXPENSES
total $794 · management and general $794
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $8,538 · end of year $12,231
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$589,654
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$382,201
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $198,575 · end of year $207,453
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,545 · end of year $3,545
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $16,570 · end of year $14,329
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $146,545 · end of year $23,243
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $47,543 · end of year $185,657
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO ADVANCE THE IDEALS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS, AND STRONG FAMILIES BY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, AND THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND AND DEFEND LIBERTY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ADVANCE THE IDEALS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS AND STRONG FAMILIES BY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING AND DEFENDING LIBERTY.
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THE CENTER RESEARCHES AND STUDIES PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND DISPENSES THIS INFORMATION TO POLICY MAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Expenses $154,651 · Revenue $8,200
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THE CENTER'S PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL DIVISION ADVISES AND REPRESENTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AT NO COST TO THE CLIENTS, IN MATTERS INVOLVING THE DEFENSE OF FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.
Expenses $41,256
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Douglas CarswellDOUGLAS CARSWELL
PRESIDENT /
- Total calculated
- $206,282
- From this org
- $178,380
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,902
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $178,380
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $27,902
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $206,282
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Calvin WellsCALVIN WELLS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hc Mac McGeheeHC MAC MCGEHEE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Doug McDanielDOUG MCDANIEL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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James HerringJAMES HERRING
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Gloria WalkerGLORIA WALKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Alan WilsonALAN WILSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Arthur FinkelbergARTHUR FINKELBERG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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John MarchettiJOHN MARCHETTI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Ashley MeenaASHLEY MEENA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Price JohnsonPRICE JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Thomas DunbarTHOMAS DUNBAR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202641669349300434
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