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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,253,547
Total expenses
$4,728,715
Contributions and grants received
$3,252,516
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,031
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$595,099
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,765
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$473,334
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,938,412
Management and general expenses
$523,070
Fundraising expenses
$267,233
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,938,412

Program services were 83.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,252,516

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,031 · excluded $1,031

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $414,751 · program services $201,879 · management and general $31,678 · fundraising $181,194

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,103,582 · program services $860,955 · management and general $226,438 · fundraising $16,189

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,362 · program services $42,953 · management and general $10,432 · fundraising $7,977

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $222,478 · program services $156,338 · management and general $37,031 · fundraising $29,109

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $109,275 · program services $76,513 · management and general $18,553 · fundraising $14,209

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,368,319 · program services $1,337,406 · management and general $30,913

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,112 · management and general $46,112

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $313,958 · program services $298,468 · management and general $14,858 · fundraising $632

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $230,469 · program services $230,349 · management and general $120 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,357 · program services $21,633 · management and general $19,993 · fundraising $731

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $165,737 · program services $109,698 · management and general $52,036 · fundraising $4,003

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,295 · program services $9,764 · management and general $14,531

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,587 · program services $69,006 · management and general $3,598 · fundraising $12,983

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $526,033 · program services $523,450 · management and general $2,377 · fundraising $206

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,548 · management and general $14,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: Exchange Gain

    total -$148 · management and general -$148

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,821,016 · end of year $406,224

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,582 · end of year $43,024

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $168,388 · end of year $145,851

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $102,484 · end of year $121,765

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $338,935 · end of year $336,662

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,609,567 · end of year $136,672

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO FOSTERING AND PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND EVENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER, INC IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY, THE ECONOMY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG DEMOCRACY THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS.

  • PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES - FOCUSES ON BUILDING A MORE STABLE, PROSPEROUS, AND INCLUSIVE NATION BY PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICIES BASED ON THE "FIRST PRINCIPLES" OF EQUAL POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, A GUARANTEED LIVING WAGE FOR ALL WORKING CITIZENS, AND A FAIR TAX SYSTEM. THE PROGRAM STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT:1)ALL CITIZENS SHOULD ENJOY POLITICAL POWER EQUAL TO THAT ENJOYED BY MILLIONAIRES;AND 2)ALL CITIZENS WHO WORK FULL TIME SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR BASIC NEEDS;TAX RECEIPTS FROM MILLIONAIRES, BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATIONS SHOULD MAKE UP A GREATER PROPORTION OF FEDERAL TAX RECEIPTS.

    Expenses $1,802,022 · Revenue $3,352,999

  • JANE DOE V. TRUMP - FUND REASONABLE LITIGATION FEES AND EXPENSES FOR A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP CORPORATION, DONALD J. TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP JR., ERIC TRUMP, AND IVANKA TRUMP CONCERNING THE PROMOTION AND ENDORSEMENT OF CERTAIN CONSUMER-FACING TRAINING PROGRAMS AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (ACN, INC.). EXPENSES COVERED UNDER TERMS OF THE GRANT INCLUDE THOSE INCURRED FOR (A) CHARGES FROM THE LAW FIRMS CONDUCTING THE LITIGATION, AS DOCUMENTED BY DETAILED INVOICES, AND (B) COSTS OF THE LITIGATION AS DOCUMENTED BY INVOICES WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE LAW FIRMS.

    Expenses $1,337,407 · Revenue $1,329,268

  • THE GREAT ECONOMY PROJECT IS A NON-PARTISAN EFFORT TO ORGANIZE GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN RURAL PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND WISCONSIN TO LEARN ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT THE CENTER IS WORKING ON.

    Expenses $786,608 · Revenue $35,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erica Payne

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $360,078
    From this org
    $258,269
    From related orgs
    $68,654
    Other
    $33,155
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,769 + $58,154 related
    Bonus
    $39,500 + $10,500 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,611 + $2,023 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,581 + $4,939 related
    Filer's total
    $284,461 + $75,616 related

  • Jodie Rubenstein

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $259,907
    From this org
    $171,534
    From related orgs
    $45,598
    Other
    $42,775
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,559 + $45,073 related
    Bonus
    $1,975 + $525 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,274 + $1,934 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,518 + $7,049 related
    Filer's total
    $205,326 + $54,581 related

  • Dylan Dusseault

    POLITICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,864
    From this org
    $31,453
    From related orgs
    $118,325
    Other
    $16,086
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $31,170 + $117,258 related
    Bonus
    $284 + $1,067 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,643 + $6,180 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,735 + $6,528 related
    Filer's total
    $34,832 + $131,033 related

  • Rene Felt

    ART DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,161
    From this org
    $109,275
    From related orgs
    $29,048
    Other
    $23,838
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Adam Shubert

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $128,400
    From this org
    $95,748
    From related orgs
    $25,452
    Other
    $7,200
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Gene Haigh

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $133,948
    From this org
    $88,116
    From related orgs
    $23,423
    Other
    $22,409
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Chase Hardin

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,804
    From this org
    $86,353
    From related orgs
    $22,955
    Other
    $13,496
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $86,353 + $22,955 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,181 + $1,377 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,481 + $1,457 related
    Filer's total
    $97,015 + $25,789 related

  • Robert Lord

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $116,538
    From this org
    $86,900
    From related orgs
    $23,100
    Other
    $6,538
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

  • Ana Maria Archila

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Stephen Prince

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Drew Pomerance

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Chuck Collins

    DIRCTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Morris Pearl

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

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.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES RESERCH CENTER LLC

    DC

    Directly controlled by TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER INC

  • THE AGENDA PROJECT RESEARCH CENTER LLC

    DC

    Directly controlled by TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202502109349302005

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