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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,135,000
Total expenses
$4,090,166
Contributions and grants received
$4,135,000
Grants paid
$75,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,928,271
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,066
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,883,205
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,831,353
Management and general expenses
$185,193
Fundraising expenses
$73,620
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,831,353

Program services were 93.7% 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

    $2,550,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,585,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $314,000 · program services $266,900 · management and general $47,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $456,500 · program services $388,025 · management and general $68,475

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,580 · program services $15,793 · management and general $2,787

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,339 · program services $65,738 · management and general $11,601

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,754 · program services $40,591 · management and general $7,163

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $23,494 · program services $19,970 · management and general $3,524

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,067 · program services $40,007 · management and general $7,060

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,707 · management and general $29,707

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $181,864 · program services $181,864

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,668,863 · program services $1,668,863

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $245,400 · program services $171,780 · fundraising $73,620

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,735 · program services $1,600 · management and general $1,135

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,779 · program services $1,245 · management and general $534

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,596 · program services $12,596

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $171 · management and general $171

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $850,000 · program services $850,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $21,500 · program services $21,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING

    total $6,462 · program services $5,493 · management and general $969

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $4,388 · program services $4,388

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,967 · management and general $4,967

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,604,251 · end of year $2,376,522

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $550,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,696 · end of year $1,749

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,201 · end of year $42,222

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,375 · end of year $2,844

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,838,371 · end of year $2,883,205

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION IS A BIPARTISAN COALITION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING STRONG AND EFFECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT DRIVE INNOVATION, BOOST ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, AND IMPROVE LIVES ELSEWHERE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION IS A BIPARTISAN COALITION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING STRONG AND EFFECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT DRIVE INNOVATION, BOOST ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, AND IMPROVE LIVES ELSEWHERE.

  • COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION ("C4IP") ADVANCED ITS MISSION BY ENGAGING IN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, SUBMITTING POLICY LETTERS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON KEY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ("IP") ISSUES, AND RELEASING ITS INAUGURAL CONGRESSIONAL INNOVATION SCORECARD. C4IP EDUCATED LAWMAKERS AND IP STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH PUBLIC BRIEFINGS, BLOGS, INVENTOR SPOTLIGHT FEATURES, AND MULTIMEDIA CONTENT. IT ISSUED PRESS STATEMENTS SUPPORTING IP-RELATED LEGISLATION AND LAUNCHED A D.C. BASED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR LAW STUDENTS. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, C4IP PROMOTED STRONGER IP PROTECTIONS FOR INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY SECTORS AND RAISED PUBLIIC AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANT ROLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLAYS TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND IN DRIVING U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOB CREATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $3,831,353 · Grants $75,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrei Iancu

    C0 CHAIR-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • David Kappos

    CO CHAIR-SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Judge Paul Michel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judge Kathleen O'Malley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Francis W Cullen Jr

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $314,000
    From this org
    $314,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $314,000

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349312598

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