Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$767,869

Total expenses

$1,437,616

Contributions and grants received

$94,661

Grants paid

$350,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$673,208

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$9,001,246

Total liabilities, end of year

$87,838

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,913,408

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,032,381

Management and general expenses

$299,942

Fundraising expenses

$105,293

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,032,381

Program services were 71.8% 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 · 2024

• IN AMERICA, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR BIRTH SHOULD NOT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR LIFE. THE FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE POLICIES AND PEOPLE WHO EVERY DAY GIVE MEANING TO THIS CONVICTION. THE FOUNDATION WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EFFORTS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND NATIONAL POLICYMAKERS WHO CAN IMPLEMENT CHANGE. THE FOUNDATION TAKES AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING REAL-WORLD INITIATIVES THAT ARE ACHIEVING RESULTS, ARMING POLICYMAKERS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THE EFFORTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND LINKING PRACTITIONERS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REPLICATE THOSE SUCCESS STORIES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NEED. THE AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING THE ADOPTION AND USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC POLICIES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. THE FOUNDATION HAS PROMOTED EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC POLICIES VIA IN-PERSON EVENTS, VIRTUAL GATHERINGS, AND WRITTEN PRODUCTS. THE AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO SHINING A LIGHT ON IDEAS SOLUTIONS THAT FIGHT POVERTY, PROMOTE UPWARD MOBILITY, AND GROW THE ECONOMY. THE FOUNDATION HAS DONE THIS BY UTILIZING SPEAKER PAUL RYAN'S PUBLIC PROFILE TO ENSURE THAT THE LAWS THAT WERE THE HALLMARK OF HIS CAREER ARE PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED AND EXECUTED. THE AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ACADEMIC PARTNERS AND RESEARCHERS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS' INITIATIVES AND SUCCESSES ARE VALIDATED BY DATA AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. IT BRINGS POLICYMAKERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPLAINS FIRST-HAND WHY THESE PROGRAMS ARE ACHIEVING RESULTS, WHAT EVIDENCE VALIDATES THEIR SUCCESS, AND HOW THESE SOLUTIONS CAN BE SCALED AND REPLICATED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $1,032,381 · Grants $350,000

As filed on the 2024 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

• FUTURE FORWARD LLC

  $50,000

  LITERACY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN

• DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM

  $50,000

  HIGH SCHOOL MENTORING PROGRAM

• FOUND VILLAGE

  $50,000

  FOSTER CARE SUPPORT PROGRAM

• FAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS

  $50,000

  FOSTER CARE MENTORING

• NPOWER INC

  $50,000

  JOB TRAINING FOR VETERANS AND UNDERSERVED

• 1000 GENERATIONS INC

  $50,000

  CRISIS/AT-RISK-FAMILY SUPPORT

• SUNY IMPACT FOUNDATION INC

  $25,000

  HIGHER EDUCATION MENTORING PROGRAM

• INNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  JOB TRAINING IN IT CAREERS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

28 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523039349302742

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