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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MERIDIAN INSTITUTE.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 17 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Contributions and grants received
$37,648,657 changed to $36,738,848
Program service revenue
$0 changed to $472,971
Other revenue
$8,000 changed to $444,838

Totals

Total revenue
$38,072,483
Total expenses
$38,681,914
Contributions and grants received
$36,738,848
Grants paid
$50,000
Program service revenue
$472,971
Investment income
$415,826
Other revenue
$444,838
Total assets, end of year
$20,714,015
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,050,784
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,663,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,065,047
Management and general expenses
$7,616,867
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,065,047

Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN EHRMANN - RETIRED JAN 2023

    SR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $379,803
    From this org
    $377,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,835
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $36,704
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $341,264
    Deferred
    $1,835
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $379,803

  • TODD BARKER

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $337,928
    From this org
    $275,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,397
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,531
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,190
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,221
    Filer's total
    $338,942

  • MOLLY MAYO WOOD

    SENIOR PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $280,147
    From this org
    $235,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,650
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,497
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,979
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,685
    Filer's total
    $281,161

  • KAUTHAR RAHMAN

    COO

    Total calculated
    $256,204
    From this org
    $214,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,537
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,901
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,650
    Filer's total
    $257,218

  • HEATHER LAIR

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $245,457
    From this org
    $189,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,888
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,569
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,824
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,066
    Filer's total
    $246,459

  • JACQUELINE MANGUSO

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $234,136
    From this org
    $192,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,000
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,136
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,103
    Filer's total
    $235,139

  • JENNIFER PRATT MILES

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $229,300
    From this org
    $188,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,543
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,757
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,874
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,618
    Filer's total
    $230,249

  • LAURIE RISTINO

    SR MEDIATOR & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $200,310
    From this org
    $190,876
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,876
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,434
    Nontaxable benefits
    $967
    Filer's total
    $201,277

  • JENNIFER BRASSANINI

    HR MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $193,847
    From this org
    $150,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,659
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,188
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,576
    Filer's total
    $194,668

  • BRADFORD SPANGLER

    SR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,785
    From this org
    $138,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,746
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,039
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,627
    Filer's total
    $191,606

  • ROBYN PAULEKAS

    SR DIRECTOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,803
    From this org
    $114,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,340
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,463
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,898
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,183
    Filer's total
    $157,544

  • VANESSA KULICK PRICE

    SR DIRECTOR & PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $153,480
    From this org
    $114,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,197
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,283
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,001
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,939
    Filer's total
    $154,223

  • ALESIA BLUM

    ACCOUNTANT & PAYROLL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $142,207
    From this org
    $101,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,983
    Hours/week
    40

  • KEVIN CAVANAUGH

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRISTIE TODD WHITMAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • RIKIN GANDHI

    MEMBER OF FINANCE & AUDIT COMM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • FRANKLIN MOORE

    MEMBER OF NOMINATIONS COMM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MANISH BAPNA

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • HINDOU OUMAROU IBRAHIM

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TJADA D'OYEN MCKENNA

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JASON INGLE

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7
A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN BALANCE WAS PAID OUT AFTER THE RETIREMENT OF A SENIOR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 February 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202610429349301656

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