Totals
- Total revenue
- $87,034
- Total expenses
- $130,954
- Contributions and grants received
- $50,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $37,000
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $34
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $42,422
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $42,422
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $124,465
Program services were 95.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
The Center for U.S. Policy (CUSP) is a non-partisan research and education organization dedicated to enhancing the health, safety, and economic opportunity of all Americans. In 2023, the organization focused heavily on supporting lawful patient access to controlled medications and substance use disorder prevention, interventions, and treatment. For more information, read our Program Service Accomplishments in this 990 and view our work products at www.centerforuspolicy.org.
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Research and analysis: CUSP's 2023 research and analysis included an FDA citizen petition, fact sheets on the current legality of pharmacy-based dispensing of methadone for opioid use disorder, co-development of several substance use disorder prevention resources, an ongoing Freedom of Information Act appeal, the drafting of scholarly articles for publication, and the review and editing of a special law and policy edition of the Journal of Opioid Management.
Expenses $73,532
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Education and outreach: CUSP's 2023 educational activities included hosting a networking dinner for drug policy professionals, co-presenting a federal drug policy update webinar, and speaking and moderating at the Rx & Illicit Drug Summit. CUSP was represented on the advisory board of the Rx & Illicit Drug Summit, board of directors of the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, and editorial board of the Journal of Opioid Management.
Expenses $25,962
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Awareness: CUSP's 2023 awareness activities included publication of three websites (centerforuspolicy.org, prescribersafety.org. and warmhandoff.org), Conquer Magazine and MedPage Today bylines, coverage in Inside Health Policy, and public communications via newswire and social media.
Expenses $24,971
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Michael C Barnes Esq
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Meredith L Shelton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marsha Stanton PhD RN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ronne Ostby MA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LaTonya Pinkard M Ed
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 25 April 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202411369349205411
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