Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CENTER FOR ELECTION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $9,383,747
- Total expenses
- $2,935,650
- Contributions and grants received
- $8,775,765
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $32,250
- Investment income
- $573,274
- Other revenue
- $2,458
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,730,825
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $742,007
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $17,988,818
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,063,699
- Management and general expenses
- $771,580
- Fundraising expenses
- $100,371
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,063,699
Program services were 70.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$8,775,765
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Services
total $32,250 · related or exempt $32,250
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3 · Investment income
total $573,274 · excluded $573,274
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income
total $2,458 · related or exempt $2,458
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,458
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $310,000 · program services $228,831 · management and general $62,617 · fundraising $18,552
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,047,640 · program services $773,327 · management and general $211,615 · fundraising $62,698
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $55,377 · program services $41,345 · management and general $10,477 · fundraising $3,555
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $90,664 · program services $67,367 · management and general $18,005 · fundraising $5,292
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $101,189 · program services $73,784 · management and general $23,358 · fundraising $4,047
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11a · Fees: management
total $936 · fundraising $936
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11b · Fees: legal
total $202,998 · program services $68,364 · management and general $134,634
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $26,826 · management and general $26,826
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11g · Fees: other
total $728,944 · program services $647,202 · management and general $81,742
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,023 · program services $3,023
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13 · Office expenses
total $44,178 · program services $14,642 · management and general $29,536
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16 · Occupancy
total $88,446 · management and general $88,446
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17 · Travel
total $131,222 · program services $84,329 · management and general $41,829 · fundraising $5,064
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $70,480 · program services $45,857 · management and general $24,396 · fundraising $227
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,916 · management and general $3,916
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23 · Insurance
total $14,014 · management and general $14,014
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24a · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions
total $15,797 · program services $15,628 · management and general $169
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,530,628 · end of year $3,921,057
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $644,787 · end of year $1,285,356
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $261,178 · end of year $59,718
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$23,479
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$12,334
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $9,159 · end of year $11,145
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,171,404 · end of year $12,756,919
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $49,515 · end of year $696,630
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $150,544 · end of year $34,127
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $58,352 · end of year $707,880
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $11,457,775 · end of year $16,345,871
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $1,642,947
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
CEIR seeks to restore trust in the American election system and promote election procedures that encourage participation while ensuring election integrity and security.
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CEIR conducts elections research and works with election officials from around the country and both sides of the aisle to support elections that voters shouldand dotrust. CEIRs efforts evolve over time, and have includedwork to improve election cybersecurity and contextualize efforts to improve the integrity of the voting process. CEIRs Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) supports election officials by connecting them to pro bono attorneys.
Expenses $2,063,699
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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David Becker
Executive Director & Presiden
- Total calculated
- $325,000
- From this org
- $310,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,000
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $310,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $15,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $325,000
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Jacob Kipp
Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $160,939
- From this org
- $145,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,939
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,250
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,689
- Filer's total
- $160,939
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Angela Pitha
Project Lead
- Total calculated
- $128,957
- From this org
- $122,816
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,141
- Hours/week
- 40
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Pam Anderson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ray Martinez
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kirk Jowers
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Trey Grayson
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kevin Kennedy
Vice President & Treasurer
- 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. 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
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 28 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202521259349301467
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