Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$11,048,315

Total expenses

$14,224,826

Contributions and grants received

$10,987,175

Grants paid

$164,938

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,581

Other revenue

$59,559

Total assets, end of year

$8,145,696

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,973,425

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,172,271

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,281,132

Management and general expenses

$1,580,680

Fundraising expenses

$363,014

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,281,132

Program services were 86.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE & CIVIL LIBERTIES:R STREET'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES POLICY PROGRAM WORKS ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM ON PUBLIC POLICY IMPACTING ALMOST EVERY STAGE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: INCARCERATION, JUVENILE JUSTICE, POLICING, PRETRIAL, BAIL REFORM, REENTRY AND SENTENCING. OUR REFORMS ARE GROUNDED IN ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY, DUE PROCESS, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.

  Expenses $2,090,218 · Grants $1,111

• GOVERNANCE:R STREET'S GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AIMS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF SELF-GOVERNANCE, WITH A FOCUS ON CONGRESS AND OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNANCE TEAM'S WORK FOCUSED ON CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, BROAD COALITION WORK AROUND IMPROVING OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND DEFENDING ELECTION OFFICIALS AND VOTERS FROM VIOLENCE, REDUCING RAMPANT OVERSPENDING ON CAPITOL HILL, AND EDUCATING LAWMAKERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR POWERS IN CONGRESS THROUGH WRITTEN WORK, BRIEFINGS AND PODCASTS LIKEPOLITICS IN QUESTION.

  Expenses $1,808,318 · Grants $69,631

• TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION:R STREET'S TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY PROGRAM SUPPORTS AMERICAN INNOVATION AND PUSHES BACK AGAINST REGULATORY IMPEDIMENTS TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, AND FREE SPEECH. THE TEAM'S WORK THIS YEAR INCLUDED DEFENDING AGAINST MISGUIDED ANTITRUST LAWS IN CONGRESS, THWARTING ATTACKS ON CONTENT MODERATION AND SECTION 230 - FROM BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES - AS WELL AS OUTLINING THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND INTERNET GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

  Expenses $1,806,689 · Grants $1,053

• HARM REDUCTION:R STREET'S HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM IS GROUNDED IN AN UNDERSTANDING THAT "ABSTINENCE ONLY" APPROACHES TO RISKY BEHAVIOR ARE INEFFECTIVE. WITH THIS IN MIND, RSI FOCUSES ON HARM-REDUCTION APPROACHES THAT RECOGNIZE THAT HARMFUL BEHAVIORS MAY CONTINUE TO HAPPEN EVEN AS POLICIES ARE ENACTED TO HELP MITIGATEIF NOT ELIMINATETHOSE HARMS. THE PROGRAM CONNECTS THE DOTS BETWEEN HISTORICALLY SILOED ISSUES SUCH AS: TOBACCO, CANNABIS, AND ILLICIT DRUG USE.

  Expenses $1,714,030 · Grants $13,770

• ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT:R STREET'S ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT TEAM SEEKS A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF A THRIVING ECONOMY, WELL-FOUNDED SCIENCE, AND PRINCIPLES OF MARKET COMPETITION AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT. OUR EXPERTS HAVE DEEP EXPERTISE IN CLIMATE AND EVIRONMENTAL POLICY, AS WELL AS ELECTRICITY POLICY.

  Expenses $1,699,768 · Grants $77,570

• COMPETITION POLICY:R STREET'S COMPETITION POLICY PROGRAM ADDRESSES GOVERNMENT BARRIERS THAT HURT BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE. WE SUPPORT MARKET-ORIENTED POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE FREE ENTERPRISE, CONSUMER CHOICE AND PUBLIC WELL-BEING. THE TEAM FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING, ALCOHOL POLICY, HEALTH CARE DISINTERMEDIATION, TELEHEALTH POLICY, ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMMING AND REGULATORY REFORM.

  Expenses $1,070,266 · Grants $632

• CYBERSECURITY & EMERGING THREATS:R STREET'S CYBERSECURITY AND EMERGING THREATS TEAM WORKS ON DATA SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS, EMERGING CYBER AND NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS, CYBER IMPACTS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND WORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN CYBERSECURITY, AMONG OTHER PRESSING PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNS.

  Expenses $1,022,627 · Grants $593

• FINANCE, INSURANCE AND TRADE:R STREET'S INSURANCE POLICY PROGRAM EXPLORES EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MARKET-BASED APPROACHES TO PUBLIC POLICY QUESTIONS THAT INVOLVE THE TRANSFER OF RISK. AMONG ITS PRIORITIES ARE RISK-BASED INSURANCE REGULATION, ENDING ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORP. AND EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF MITIGATION THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THE RESTORE ACT AND THE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.

  Expenses $991,270 · Grants $578

• LOBBYING

  Expenses $77,946

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• SNF AGORA INSTITUTE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  $48,000

  TO COLLABORATE ON THE GOVERNANCE POLICY PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO EXPLORE THE OUTLINES OF CONSERVATIVE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT

• FLORIDA TAXWATCH INC

  $37,500

  CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTION POLICY VISION THAT RESONATES IN FLORIDA

• AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION

  $37,500

  CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTION POLICY VISION THAT RESONATES IN FLORIDA

• NCSL FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  PRE-CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP

• TALENT MARKET LLC

  $10,000

  TO COLLABORATE WITH THE OPERATIONS TEAM IN THE RECRUITING EFFORTS

• THE INFLUENCE FOUNDATION LLC

  $10,000

  TO COLLABORATE ON A HARM REDUCTION POLICY PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AND PUBLISH REPORTS PERTAINING TO VARIOUS TOPICS ON HARM REDUCTION

• CARDINAL INSTITUTE

  $9,250

  TO PRODUCE RESEARCH AND ORIGINAL CONTENT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN POPULAR MEDIA, TO BRING IDEAS OF ELECTORAL REFORM TO A BROAD, BIPARTISAN AUDIENCE TO INCREASE INTEREST IN REFORM ON THE POLITICAL RIGHT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

16 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202402909349300610

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