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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PARAGON HEALTH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,370,102
Total expenses
$2,822,535
Contributions and grants received
$4,195,580
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$174,312
Other revenue
$210
Total assets, end of year
$5,582,789
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,863
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,418,926
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,532,488
Management and general expenses
$204,350
Fundraising expenses
$85,697
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,532,488

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,195,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $174,312 · excluded $174,312

  • 11a · Other revenue: REWARDS

    total $210 · excluded $210

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $210

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $435,265 · program services $348,211 · management and general $43,527 · fundraising $43,527

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,008,458 · program services $921,430 · management and general $83,630 · fundraising $3,398

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,378 · program services $21,208 · management and general $2,772 · fundraising $1,398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,081 · program services $30,052 · management and general $3,727 · fundraising $1,302

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $94,155 · program services $84,150 · management and general $8,182 · fundraising $1,823

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,540 · program services $12,440 · management and general $100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,605 · program services $180 · management and general $35,425

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $24,000 · fundraising $24,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $175 · management and general $175

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $782,552 · program services $772,443 · fundraising $10,109

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $169,104 · program services $169,104

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,374 · program services $15,326 · management and general $974 · fundraising $74

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,009 · program services $60,009

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $51,635 · program services $51,531 · management and general $38 · fundraising $66

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,407 · management and general $13,407

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,615 · management and general $7,615

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $51,156 · program services $46,404 · management and general $4,752

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $26 · management and general $26

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $310,799 · end of year $247,564

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,741,393 · end of year $5,108,500

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $25,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $770 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,178 · end of year $8,167

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

    $70,233

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

    $38,942

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,671 · end of year $31,291

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $816,202 · end of year $162,267

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $30,628

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $48,778 · end of year $163,863

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,723,998 · end of year $5,294,078

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $145,865 · end of year $124,848

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS A HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS AND INFORM THE PUBLIC THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, AND DATA. THE INSTITUTE AIMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH POLICY BY EMPOWERING PATIENTS, EXPANDING COMPETITION, INCREASING INNOVATION, AND REFORMING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

  • PARAGON CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES CONCERNING HEALTH POLICY, NOTABLY MEDICAID, MEDICARE, PRIVATE HEALTH, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK IS PRODUCED IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS, INCLUDING PRINTED AND DIGITAL RESEARCH PAPERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, INFOGRAPHICS, AND WEBSITE POSTS. PARAGON'S EXPERTS ALSO EDUCATE AUDIENCES VIA APPEARANCES ON TV AND RADIO, AND DURING IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL BRIEFINGS, LECTURES, PANELS, AND TESTIMONIES.

    Expenses $2,532,488

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Blase

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $435,265
    From this org
    $405,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $405,656
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,286
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,323
    Filer's total
    $435,265
  • Joseph Grogan

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lester Shannon

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Rothschild

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Sandefur

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Steffy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Drew Gonshorowski

    SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $177,692
    From this org
    $168,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,858
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,366
    Bonus
    $12,468
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,531
    Filer's total
    $177,692
  • Joseph Albanese

    SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

    Total calculated
    $175,728
    From this org
    $166,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,121
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,607
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,998
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,123
    Filer's total
    $175,728
  • Anthony Wojtkowiak

    DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $166,804
    From this org
    $155,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,724
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,080
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,072
    Filer's total
    $166,804
  • Gabrielle Kalisz

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $117,078
    From this org
    $110,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,844
    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, 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PAID BONUSES TO THE EMPLOYEES LISTED BELOW. THEY WERE DETERMINED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PRESIDENT: DREW GONSHOROWSKI - $12,468 JOSEPH ALBANESE - $10,000 ANTHONY WOJTKOWIAK - $10,000 GABRIELLE KALISZ - $5,300

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
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523049349300132

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