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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DISCOVERY INSTITUTE.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 11 August 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • WILLIAM DEMBSKI

Totals

Total revenue
$11,832,816
Total expenses
$13,203,778
Contributions and grants received
$11,094,017
Grants paid
$4,541,027
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,017,672
Management and general expenses
$316,725
Fundraising expenses
$869,381
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,017,672

Program services were 91.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • STEVEN BURI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $253,364
    From this org
    $252,539
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,539
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $825
    Filer's total
    $253,364

  • STEPHEN MEYER

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $241,816
    From this org
    $218,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,816
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,816
    Filer's total
    $241,816

  • JOHN WEST

    VICE PRES/PR

    Total calculated
    $229,845
    From this org
    $215,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,845
    Filer's total
    $229,845

  • KERI INGRAHM

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $167,458
    From this org
    $155,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,338
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,120
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,338
    Filer's total
    $167,458

  • JONATHAN CHOE

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $165,831
    From this org
    $163,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,894
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,937
    Filer's total
    $165,831

  • DAVID KLINGHOFFER

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $159,712
    From this org
    $131,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,291
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,421
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,291
    Filer's total
    $159,712

  • JONATHAN WITT

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $159,594
    From this org
    $147,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,860
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,734
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,860
    Filer's total
    $159,594

  • NATE JACOBSON

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $150,406
    From this org
    $137,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,355
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,051
    Filer's total
    $150,406

  • STEVE SCHWARZ

    DIR FIN & OP

    Total calculated
    $142,960
    From this org
    $130,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,746
    Hours/week
    40

  • KELLEY UNGER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $136,228
    From this org
    $123,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,569
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRUCE CHAPMAN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $10,416
    From this org
    $10,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID BARBER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CHUCK BARBO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BYRON NUTLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • KATHY CONNERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MIKE DUNN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ERIC GARCIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SKIP GILLILAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • RICHARD GREILING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • HOWARD AHMANSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • WALTER MYERS III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ANNMARIE KELLY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MARIANA PARKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BRYAN MISTELE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • EDMUND MOY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • COLE SMEAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JAMES SPADY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • DISCOVERY HOUSE

    501C3 · EDUCATION · UK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512809349301966

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