Totals
- Total revenue
- $131,254
- Total expenses
- $180,826
- Contributions and grants received
- $131,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $254
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $67,171
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $33,773
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $33,398
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $118,349
- Management and general expenses
- $39,961
- Fundraising expenses
- $22,516
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $118,349
Program services were 65.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$131,000
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3 · Investment income
total $254 · excluded $254
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $50,000 · program services $25,000 · management and general $12,500 · fundraising $12,500
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $97,862 · program services $78,196 · management and general $9,650 · fundraising $10,016
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,034 · management and general $1,034
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,425 · management and general $10,425
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11g · Fees: other
total $6,812 · program services $6,692 · management and general $120
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,163 · program services $2,163
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,018 · program services $503 · management and general $515
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14 · Information technology
total $395 · program services $395
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16 · Occupancy
total $5,009 · management and general $5,009
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $2,716 · program services $2,716
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23 · Insurance
total $708 · management and general $708
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24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $2,684 · program services $2,684
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $111,173 · end of year $64,293
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $25,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $2,878
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $53,203 · end of year $33,773
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $82,970 · end of year $33,398
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO EDUCATE AND ACTIVATE CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF FREE-MARKET PUBLIC POLICY PRINCIPLES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO EDUCATE AND ACTIVATE CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF FREE-MARKET PUBLIC POLICY PRINCIPLES.
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PRODUCED TIMELY MESSAGES ON EDUCATING CITIZENS ON THE FREE MARKET PUBLIC POLICY PRINCIPLES. FOCUSED ON TEXTING CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATING CITIZENS ABOUT THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS RELEVANCE IN TODAY'S WORLD.
Expenses $118,349
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Abhay PatelABHAY PATEL
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Daniel J ErspamerDANIEL J ERSPAMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $271,858
- From this org
- $50,000
- From related orgs
- $200,000
- Other
- $21,858
- Hours/week
- 8 + 32 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $45,000 + $180,000 related
- Bonus
- $5,000 + $20,000 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $1,344 + $5,376 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,028 + $12,110 related
- Filer's total
- $54,372 + $217,486 related
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Kirk WilliamsonKIRK WILLIAMSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- COMPENSATION OF THE SECRETARY/TREASURER IS PAID THROUGH A REALTED ORGANIZATION AND ALLOCATED TO THIS ORGANIZATION BASED ON TIME SPENT.
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.
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PELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
501(C)(3) · THINK TANK · LA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503219349324555
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