- Revenue 2025
- $3,087,531
- Expenses 2025
- $3,665,238
Program services were 74.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B01
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1629 K ST NW STE 300
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).
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO FOSTERING AND PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND EVENTS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER, INC IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY, THE ECONOMY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG DEMOCRACY THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS.
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PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES FOCUSES ON BUILDING A MORE STABLE, PROSPEROUS, AND INCLUSIVE NATION BY PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICIES BASED ON THE "FIRST PRINCIPLES" OF EQUAL POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, A GUARANTEED LIVING WAGE FOR ALL WORKING CITIZENS, AND A FAIR TAX SYSTEM. THE PROGRAM STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT:1)ALL CITIZENS SHOULD ENJOY POLITICAL POWER EQUAL TO THAT ENJOYED BY MILLIONAIRES;AND 2)ALL CITIZENS WHO WORK FULL TIME SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR BASIC NEEDS;TAX RECEIPTS FROM MILLIONAIRES, BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATIONS SHOULD MAKE UP A GREATER PROPORTION OF FEDERAL TAX RECEIPTS.
Expenses $2,112,314 · Revenue $3,027,545
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THE GREAT ECONOMY PROJECT IS A NON-PARTISAN EFFORT TO ORGANIZE GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN RURAL PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND WISCONSIN TO LEARN ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT THE CENTER IS WORKING ON.
Expenses $595,646 · Revenue $59,986
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DECIDERS ARE MADE UP OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS WHO ENGAGE IN VARIOUS FORMS OF ACTIVISM TO HELP PUT PUBLIC PRESSURE ON THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DEMAND ECONOMIC REFORM. THEY ATTEND MEETINGS, GO TO LOBBY DAYS, AND REPRESENT THE GROUP AT FAIRS, FESTIVALS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
Expenses $17,433
As filed on the 2025 return.
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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Erica PayneERICA PAYNE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $333,805
- From this org
- $234,727
- From related orgs
- $65,273
- Other
- $33,805
- Hours/week
- 31 + 9 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $234,727 + $65,273 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $5,958 + $1,657 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,491 + $5,698 related
- Filer's total
- $261,176 + $72,628 related
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Holli WoodingsHOLLI WOODINGS
VP GOVT AFFAIRS
- Total calculated
- $202,945
- From this org
- $86,850
- From related orgs
- $66,963
- Other
- $49,132
- Hours/week
- 23 + 17 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $86,850 + $66,963 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,626 + $3,567 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,116 + $17,823 related
- Filer's total
- $114,592 + $88,353 related
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Jodie RubensteinJODIE RUBENSTEIN
TREASURER/SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $221,715
- From this org
- $104,868
- From related orgs
- $80,193
- Other
- $36,654
- Hours/week
- 23 + 17 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $104,868 + $80,193 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $5,471 + $4,183 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,300 + $11,700 related
- Filer's total
- $125,639 + $96,076 related
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Rene FeltRENE FELT
ART DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $183,524
- From this org
- $144,396
- From related orgs
- $4,142
- Other
- $34,986
- Hours/week
- 39 + 1 related
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Gene HaighGENE HAIGH
SENIOR ADVISOR
- Total calculated
- $145,358
- From this org
- $101,126
- From related orgs
- $18,874
- Other
- $25,358
- Hours/week
- 34 + 6 related
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Adam ShubertADAM SHUBERT
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $144,818
- From this org
- $128,485
- From related orgs
- $8,251
- Other
- $8,082
- Hours/week
- 38 + 2 related
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Robert LordROBERT LORD
SENIOR ADVISOR
- Total calculated
- $118,587
- From this org
- $76,789
- From related orgs
- $34,669
- Other
- $7,129
- Hours/week
- 28 + 12 related
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Chuck CollinsCHUCK COLLINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Morris PearlMORRIS PEARL
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Anna Maria ArchilaANNA MARIA ARCHILA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Stephen PrinceSTEPHEN PRINCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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Drew PomeranceDREW POMERANCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 0.5 related
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $3,087,531
- Expenses
- $3,665,238
- Contributions
- $3,087,531
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,253,547
- Expenses
- $4,728,715
- Contributions
- $3,252,516
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,884,210
- Expenses
- $4,792,793
- Contributions
- $3,883,867
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,256,273
- Expenses
- $7,519,858
- Contributions
- $2,236,096
- 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
- $2,226,497
- Expenses
- $3,870,198
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,180,925
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,957,922
- Expenses
- $13,443,580
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,053,886
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,430,667
- Expenses
- $5,140,426
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,618,893
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $26,649,889
- Expenses
- $2,223,066
- Assets (EOY)
- $25,037,366
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,038,658
- Expenses
- $4,782,341
- Assets (EOY)
- $551,212
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,018,827
- Expenses
- $933,043
- Assets (EOY)
- $94,635
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $673,110
- Expenses
- $722,352
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,743
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,072,722
- Assets (EOY)
- $28,667
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.
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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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$1,436,500
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$1,279,936
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$200,000
2022 Support for Patriotic Millionaires
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$157,180
2023 EDUCATION
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$145,000
2022 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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$128,000
2023 General operating support and project support
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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$115,000
2024 General operating support
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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)4 · DC
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2025 return
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PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES RESERCH CENTER LLC
DC
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THE AGENDA PROJECT RESEARCH CENTER LLC
DC
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
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.