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← THE NISKANEN CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE NISKANEN CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,958,495
Total expenses
$10,357,724
Contributions and grants received
$9,928,273
Grants paid
$350,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,877,874
Management and general expenses
$1,023,681
Fundraising expenses
$456,169
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,877,874

Program services were 85.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DANIEL DREZNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JULEANNA GLOVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ROBERT LITTERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RICHARD LYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOHN WOLTHUIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KAREN DYNAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JEFFEREY FLIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOSEPH COON

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $272,135
    From this org
    $260,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,038
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,805
    Nontaxable benefits
    $792
    Filer's total
    $272,135

  • TED GAYER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $682,937
    From this org
    $682,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $592,330
    Bonus
    $89,775
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $132
    Filer's total
    $682,937

  • KRISTEN DE PENA

    VP FOR POLICY

    Total calculated
    $276,973
    From this org
    $266,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,666
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,807
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,666
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $276,973

  • DAVID OSBORNE

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $206,908
    From this org
    $192,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $45,523
    Deferred
    $5,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,740
    Filer's total
    $206,908

  • LOUISA TAVLAS

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $189,345
    From this org
    $176,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,904
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,941
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,957
    Filer's total
    $189,345

  • KODIAK HILL-DAVIS

    SENIOR VP GOVT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $245,964
    From this org
    $227,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,276
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,188
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,093
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,183
    Filer's total
    $245,964

  • JOSHUA MCCABE

    DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL POLICY

    Total calculated
    $159,819
    From this org
    $153,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,069
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,819

  • GREGORY NEWBURN

    DIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $172,540
    From this org
    $156,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,504
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,122
    Filer's total
    $172,540

  • CHARLES S DAYTON

    DIR OF GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $195,934
    From this org
    $177,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,000
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,354
    Filer's total
    $195,934

  • COREY SCHRODT

    DIR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $180,686
    From this org
    $165,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,198
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,988
    Bonus
    $10,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,248
    Filer's total
    $180,686

  • MATTHEW LA CORTE

    DEPUTY DIR OF IMMIGRATION

    Total calculated
    $156,465
    From this org
    $143,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,965
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,000
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,245
    Filer's total
    $156,465

  • KRISTEN SEALS

    DIR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $171,488
    From this org
    $157,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,405
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,083
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,380
    Filer's total
    $171,488

  • ZACHARY NORRIS

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $174,283
    From this org
    $156,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,507
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,276
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,932
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,575
    Filer's total
    $174,283

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 — 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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 III - OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
NONTAXABLE COMPENSATION IN PART II IS THE COST OF EMPLOYER PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE.

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

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
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349301947

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