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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,935,057
Total expenses
$34,236,134
Contributions and grants received
$35,171,838
Grants paid
$332,796
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$29,946,088
Management and general expenses
$1,572,666
Fundraising expenses
$2,717,380
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,946,088

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN ELLIS

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIRGINIA POSTREL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH MALINE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARVEY SILVERGLATE

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMUEL J ABRAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KMELE FOSTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH WHITTINGTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY DICK

    VICE CHAIR & DIRECTOR TO APR 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN MCWHORTER

    DIRECTOR TO APR 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARLENE MIESKE

    DIRECTOR TO MAY 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY LUKIANOFF

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $480,106
    From this org
    $438,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,978
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $428,367
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $9,761
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $480,106

  • ALISHA GLENNON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $366,486
    From this org
    $324,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,978
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,508
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $366,486

  • ROBERT SHIBLEY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/2022)

    Total calculated
    $267,517
    From this org
    $235,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,614
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $53,250
    Deferred
    $15,545
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,108
    Filer's total
    $267,517

  • WILLIAM CREELEY

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $311,136
    From this org
    $272,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,725
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,249
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $1,162
    Deferred
    $17,247
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $311,136

  • NICHOLAS PERRINO

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $242,868
    From this org
    $208,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,434
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,956
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $242,868

  • DARPANA SHETH

    VICE PRESIDENT OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $239,326
    From this org
    $204,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,461
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $12,887
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $239,326

  • RONALD LONDON

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $232,092
    From this org
    $198,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,984
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,108
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,506
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $232,092

  • JOSEPH COHN

    LEGISLATIVE & POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,390
    From this org
    $148,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,222
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,418
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $1,750
    Deferred
    $9,805
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,417
    Filer's total
    $165,390

  • BRIDGET GLACKIN

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $155,944
    From this org
    $127,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,099
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,345
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,621
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,478
    Filer's total
    $155,944

  • ADAM STEINBAUGH

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $135,617
    From this org
    $126,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,237
    Hours/week
    40

  • ADAM GOLDSTEIN

    VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $133,784
    From this org
    $119,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,585
    Hours/week
    40

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 — 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
OTHER EARNINGS RECEIVED BY ROBERT SHIBLEY ARE 1099-RELATED COMPENSATION DUE TO HIS WORK AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AFTER SEPTEMBER 2022. OTHER EARNINGS FOR ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE DUE TO HONORARIUMS THAT WERE PAID FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN WHICH TEAM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED. DISCRETIONARY BONUSES MAY BE APPROVED BY AN EMPLOYEE'S MANAGER OR, FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO, BY THE BOARD.

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

  • THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

    $49,200

    TWO STUDIES, ONE USING SURVEY DATA TO SEE HOW POLITICAL SPEECH IN THE WORKPLACE HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND ANOTHER USING SURVEYS FROM NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH COUNCIL TO SEE HOW MINOR CHANGES IN SITUATIONS AND CONTEXT REGARDING CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH CHANGE SUPPORT FOR A SPEAKER'S FREE EXPRESSION.

  • BALAKER MEDIA FOUNDATION

    $37,275

    PROJECT TO CREATE A FREE EXPRESSION COUNTERBALANCE IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.

  • JUNIOR STATE OF AMERICA

    $36,000

    FUNDING PROVIDED TO CREATE FREE SPEECH PROGRAMMING AT THREE OF JSA'S SPRING CONVENTIONS TO EDUCATE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE BENEFITS OF FREE SPEECH.

  • BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

    $33,593

    A PROJECT WITH TWO COMPONENTS: A QUANTITATIVE COMPONENT LOOKING AT FIRE'S CAMPUS FREE SPEECH RATINGS TO SEE HOW CERTAIN CAMPUS FACTORS PREDICT STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS FREE SPEECH AND A QUALITATIVE COMPONENT INVOLVING INTERVIEWS OF 20 SCHOLARS IDENTIFIED IN SCHOLARS UNDER FIRE.

  • GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

    $25,015

    USING THE MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO EXAMINE IF THERE IS PUBLICATION BIAS IN TOP-TIER ACADEMIC JOURNALS FOR OR AGAINST CERTAIN PERSPECTIVES ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, SUCH AS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMMING, MICROAGGRESSIONS, MINIMUM WAGE, AND VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES.

  • NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER

    $25,000

    FUNDING PROVIDED TO CO-HOST A FIRST AMENDMENT SUMMIT ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2023.

  • REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

    $21,600

    QUALITATIVE STUDY LOOKING AT DIVISIVE CONCEPT BILLS IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA, AND EXAMINING BOTH LAWMAKERS' MOTIVATIONS FOR PROPOSING THE LEGISLATION, AND FACULTY MEMBERS' REACTIONS TO THE LEGISLATION, INVOLVING DIRECT INTERVIEWS OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS AND ARCHIVAL RESEARCH ON FLOOR DEBATE OVER THE LEGISLATION.

  • MERCATUS CENTER

    $20,000

    FUNDING PROVIDED TO CO-HOST A PLURALISM LAB ON THE TOPIC OF FREE SPEECH AND CONTENT MODERATION TO EDUCATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS.

  • MIT FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE

    $10,000

    SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATIVE AND OUTREACH EXPENSES FOR A NEW INDEPENDENT FREE SPEECH FOCUSED ALUMNI ORGANIZATION.

  • NEW TOLERANCE CAMPAIGN

    $10,000

    FUNDING PROVIDED TO SUPPORT CAMPAIGNS AT EMERSON COLLEGE AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO PROMOTE FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
22 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400229349301210

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