Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$40,733,857

Total expenses

$35,510,258

Contributions and grants received

$0

Grants paid

$745,661

Program service revenue

$36,614,556

Investment income

$3,376,245

Other revenue

$743,056

Total assets, end of year

$59,313,598

Total liabilities, end of year

$20,556,255

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$38,757,343

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

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

• LEGAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS - ADVOCATES FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY BEFORE STATE AND FEDERAL POLICYMAKERS AND THE COURTS. SERVES AS THE SOLE PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERFACE BETWEEN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY AND THE MEDIA TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND ENTERTAINMENT VALUE OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY.

• RATINGS AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS (ESRB & IARC) - ADMINISTERS AN INTERNATIONAL AGE AND CONTENT RATING SYSTEM THAT APPLIES TO INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ACROSS A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS AND DEVICES, PROVIDING RELIABLE GUIDANCE TO PARENTS AND CONSUMERS. ADMINISTERS A PRIVACY SEAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY ON VIDEO GAME COMPANY WEBSITES.

• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND SECURITY - PROTECTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF MEMBER COMPANIES BY ESTABLISHING A NUMBER OF ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS AIMED AT COMBATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENTS.

• ADVERTISING REVIEW COUNCIL - ENSURES THAT ADVERTISING FOR INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE IS APPROPRIATE, RESPONSIBLE, TRUTHFUL, AND ACCURATE, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO CONTENT RATINGS.

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

• CONFERENCE OF WESTERN ATTORNYS GENERAL

  $75,000

  ATTORNEY GENERAL ALLIANCE YEARLY DUES

• STATE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS FOUNDATION

  $60,200

  ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AND EVENT SUPPORT

• SENATE PRESIDENTS' FORUM

  $40,000

  2025 SENATE PRESIDENTS FORUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

• NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES

  $30,000

  PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP

• AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM

  $25,000

  AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM 2025 DUES

• CENTER FORWARD

  $25,000

  ANNUAL PROGRAM MEMBERSHIP

• THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION FY 25 MEMBERSHIP

• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  FCBA FOUNDATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP CONTRIBUTION

• FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM

  $10,000

  FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM

• WOMEN'S HIGH-TECH COALITION

  $10,000

  WOMEN'S HIGH TECH COALITION 2025 SPONSORSHIP

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• ESA'S FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING POSITIVE PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICA'S YOUTH. · DE · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by ESA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

26 January 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202610339349301456

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