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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CASPIAN POLICY CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,578,461
Total expenses
$2,852,326
Contributions and grants received
$2,578,461
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$87,538
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,917
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$67,621
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,246,809
Management and general expenses
$1,354,337
Fundraising expenses
$251,180
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,246,809

Program services were 43.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,578,461

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $29,851 · program services $29,851 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $910,433 · program services $464,320 · management and general $218,503 · fundraising $227,610

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,227 · program services $28,166 · management and general $13,807 · fundraising $13,254

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $435,759 · program services $0 · management and general $435,759 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,258 · program services $8,629 · management and general $8,629 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,059 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $10,059

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $148,862 · program services $110,159 · management and general $38,703 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $51,755 · program services $0 · management and general $51,755 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $167,898 · program services $83,949 · management and general $83,949 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $463,018 · program services $0 · management and general $463,018 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $212,548 · program services $212,548 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $609 · program services $305 · management and general $304 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,060 · program services $7,030 · management and general $7,030 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $62,906 · program services $31,453 · management and general $31,453 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: GIFTS

    total $5,742 · program services $5,742 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $253,494 · program services $253,494 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $11,057 · program services $9,608 · management and general $1,228 · fundraising $221

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,790 · program services $1,555 · management and general $199 · fundraising $36

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $38 · end of year $78,934

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $388,139 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $9,213

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $609

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $8,604

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,224 · end of year $19,917

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $344,953 · end of year $67,621

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RESEARCH THINK TANK WHICH IS INVOLVED WITH ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, ENERGY, AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE CASPIAN REGION.

  • THE ENTITY IS A RESEARCH THINK TANK INVOLVED WITH ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, ENERGY, AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE CASPIAN REGION. THEY HAVE RESEARCHED AND PROVIDED POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THESE COMPLICATED ISSUES EFFECTING THE CASPIAN REGION.

    Expenses $1,246,809 · Revenue $2,578,461

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Efgan Nifti

    DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $285,974
    From this org
    $285,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,974
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $285,974

  • Richard Hoagland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Luke Coffey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,000
    From this org
    $11,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349314004

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