VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC
EIN 54-1473133 HENRICO, VA
- Revenue 2025
- $219,522
- Expenses 2025
- $228,893
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- Classification
- 3000
- Street
- PO BOX 29268
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
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VIRGINIA FREE ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION
EIN 54-2024437
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION IS AN INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND STRENGTHENING VIRGINIA'S PROSPEROUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE POLITICAL PROCESS. FOUNDED IN 1988, VIRGINA FREE PROVIDES A WEALTH OF OBJECTIVE, NON-PARTISAN INFORMATION TO BUSINESS. OUR INFORMATION, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOSTER A BUSINESS COMMUNITY PREPARED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN ELECTING LEGISLATORS WHO ADVANCE FREE ENTERPRISE AND RESPONSIBLE, PRO-BUSINESS GOVERNMENT.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE STATEMENT
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RESEARCH AND ANALYZE VOTING RECORDS OF VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION, VIRGINIA'S BUSINESS CLIMATE AND CITIZEN'S PROSPERITY. RESEARCH REPORT PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED TO 5,000 INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS TO ASSIST IN EVALUATION OF LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AND FUTURE CONCERNS FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
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RESEARCH AND ANALYZE ALL 140 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS AND 11 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, ACTUAL ELECTION RETURNS BY DISTRICT OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD, ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, AND POPULATION VARIABLES. RESULTING REPORTS PRESENT SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES OF VIRGINIA'S POLITICAL JURISDICTIONS TO PINPOINT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIVE POLITICAL STRENGTH OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AND FREE-ENTERPRISE ORIENTED CANDIDATES.
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CONDUCT MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP FORUMS FOR MORE THAN 1,000 TOP LEADERS IN BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, EDUCATION AND POLITICS THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA. THESE EVENTS OFFER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IMPORTANT IDEAS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICY INITIATIVES WITH THE GOAL OF ENHANCING VIRGINIA'S ECONOMIC VITALITY, BUSINESS PROSPERITY AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Jay AdamsJAY ADAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher B SaxmanCHRISTOPHER B SAXMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $135,000
- From this org
- $135,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40 + 2 related
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Benjamin DessartBENJAMIN DESSART
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bert DobsonBERT DOBSON
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Brian MorganBRIAN MORGAN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Laura NoveyLAURA NOVEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Todd HaymoreTODD HAYMORE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dorcas Helfant-BrowningDORCAS HELFANT-BROWNING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bruce JenningsBRUCE JENNINGS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Martin KentMARTIN KENT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth KerseyELIZABETH KERSEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark LawrenceMARK LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Esther LeeESTHER LEE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shep MillerSHEP MILLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tom MinnickTOM MINNICK
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Craig ParisotCRAIG PARISOT
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Bryan StephensBRYAN STEPHENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gary ThomsonGARY THOMSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Danny VargasDANNY VARGAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Blue JenkinsBLUE JENKINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Todd StottlemyerTODD STOTTLEMYER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Larry RobertsLARRY ROBERTS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matthew SteilbergMATTHEW STEILBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan GastonSUSAN GASTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Paul LawrencePAUL LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $219,522
- Expenses
- $228,893
- Contributions
- $154,553
- Grants paid
- $1,000
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2024
- Revenue
- $258,036
- Expenses
- $249,430
- Contributions
- $226,614
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $246,768
- Expenses
- $246,117
- Contributions
- $217,325
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $225,826
- Expenses
- $245,801
- Contributions
- $198,700
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $246,721
- Expenses
- $224,323
- Assets (EOY)
- $95,717
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2020 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $171,888
- Expenses
- $217,966
- Assets (EOY)
- $67,652
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $211,541
- Expenses
- $270,258
- Assets (EOY)
- $93,960
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $227,384
- Expenses
- $164,303
- Assets (EOY)
- $144,019
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2017 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $186,920
- Expenses
- $170,753
- Assets (EOY)
- $82,085
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $291,146
- Expenses
- $270,055
- Assets (EOY)
- $74,083
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $265,266
- Expenses
- $315,255
- Assets (EOY)
- $54,221
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $336,388
- Expenses
- $345,688
- Assets (EOY)
- $104,695
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $487,755
- Expenses
- $612,432
- Assets (EOY)
- $146,291
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $642,144
- Assets (EOY)
- $257,144
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$6,650
2024 See Part IV
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2025 return
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501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION · VA
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Not present in the most recent drop.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.