Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PER ASPERA POLICY INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue: $0
Total expenses: $421,981
Contributions and grants received: $0
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $913,341
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $913,341
Program services expenses (Part IX): $407,645
Management and general expenses: $6,836
Fundraising expenses: $7,500
Program service expenses (Part III): $407,645

Program services were 96.6% 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.

6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

11a · Fees: management

total $335,000 · program services $335,000
11b · Fees: legal

total $3,145 · program services $3,145
11c · Fees: accounting

total $6,811 · management and general $6,811
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $7,500 · fundraising $7,500
11g · Fees: other

total $69,500 · program services $69,500
24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

total $25 · program services $0 · management and general $25 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,335,322 · end of year $913,341
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,335,322 · end of year $913,341
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE CORPORATION SHALL BE A NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND SHALL BE ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF CODE SECTION 501(C)(4) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE POLICIES FOR A STRONGER AMERICA.

The corporation shall be a non-profit organization to promote social welfare within the meaning of code section 501(C)(4) to promote and advance policies for a stronger America. Per Aspera Policy focuses on research, communication, and public education around issues advancing traditional values, a robust and growing economy, broad based employment, and a strong national defense.

Expenses $407,645

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

LUKE THOMPSON

PRESIDENT

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 15 May 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202601009349300835

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