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CONSORTIUM FOR ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PROCESS STRENGTHENING

EIN 52-1943638 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$93,113,093
Expenses 2024
$93,113,093

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W24
Classification
1000
Street
1225 EYE STREET NW 800

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 · 2024

Mission

THE CONSORTIUM FOR ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PROCESS STRENGTHENING (CEPPS) IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION AND A LEGAL JOINT VENTURE OF THREE EQUAL PARTNERS: THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI), AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI). CEPPS WAS CREATED IN 1995 TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE UNDER A GLOBAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO A VARIETY OF LOCAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS WITHOUT CREATING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR UNDERMINING THE INDEPENDENCE AND IDENTITY OF LOCAL BENEFICIARIES. CEPPS PARTNERS IMPLEMENT A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS - ELECTION COMMISSIONS, DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORING ORGANIZATIONS, PARLIAMENTS AND THEIR MEMBERS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL PARTIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CEPPS PROVIDES DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE TO A VARIETY OF LOCAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS WHILE MAINTAINING THE AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE LOCAL INSTITUTIONS.

  • NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ALL RECEIVE SUBGRANTS FROM THE CONSORTIUM FOR ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PROCESS STRENGTHENING. THE ORGANIZATIONS THEN USE THE GRANTS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES * BUILDING EFFECTIVE, INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTION AUTHORITIES, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGO'S) * ENABLING REGULAR, FREE ELECTIONS TO OCCUR AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AS VALIDATED BY INDEPENDENT OBSERVATION AND MONITORING* PROMOTING FULL CITIZEN UNDERSTANDING OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS * FOSTERING PROFESSIONALISM IN THE FIELDS OF ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS

    Expenses $40,105,370 · Grants $40,105,370

  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS: THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ALL RECEIVE SUBGRANTS FROM THE CONSORTIUM FOR ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PROCESS STRENGTHENING. THE ORGANIZATIONS THEN USE THE GRANTS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES * BUILDING EFFECTIVE, INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTION AUTHORITIES, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGO'S) * ENABLING REGULAR, FREE ELECTIONS TO OCCUR AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AS VALIDATED BY INDEPENDENT OBSERVATION AND MONITORING* PROMOTING FULL CITIZEN UNDERSTANDING OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS * FOSTERING PROFESSIONALISM IN THE FIELDS OF ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS

    Expenses $27,520,595 · Grants $27,520,595

  • INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ALL RECEIVE SUBGRANTS FROM THE CONSORTIUM FOR ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PROCESS STRENGTHENING. THE ORGANIZATIONS THEN USE THE GRANTS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES * BUILDING EFFECTIVE, INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTION AUTHORITIES, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGO'S) * ENABLING REGULAR, FREE ELECTIONS TO OCCUR AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AS VALIDATED BY INDEPENDENT OBSERVATION AND MONITORING* PROMOTING FULL CITIZEN UNDERSTANDING OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS * FOSTERING PROFESSIONALISM IN THE FIELDS OF ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS

    Expenses $25,487,128 · Grants $25,487,128

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • See Schedule O

    MEMBER/PROJECT COUNCIL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • See Schedule O

    MEMBER/PROJECT COUNCIL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • See Schedule O

    MEMBER/PROJECT COUNCIL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Hallam Ferguson

    COO/ACTING CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Kimber Shearer Maier

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $93,113,093
    Expenses
    $93,113,093
    Contributions
    $93,113,093
    Grants paid
    $93,113,093
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $177,653,103
    Expenses
    $177,653,103
    Contributions
    $177,653,103
    Grants paid
    $177,653,103
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $165,142,739
    Expenses
    $165,142,739
    Contributions
    $165,142,739
    Grants paid
    $165,142,739

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $160,783,092
    Expenses
    $160,783,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,789,185

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $146,856,521
    Expenses
    $146,856,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,199,193

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $120,107,625
    Expenses
    $120,107,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,030,516

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $117,427,056
    Expenses
    $117,427,056
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,746,425

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $80,445,920
    Expenses
    $80,445,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,649,405

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $79,936,011
    Expenses
    $79,936,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,279,952

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $94,143,557
    Expenses
    $94,143,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,833,968

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $95,510,062
    Expenses
    $95,510,062
    Assets (EOY)
    $760,613

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $108,231,968
    Expenses
    $108,231,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,134,549

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $145,291,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,293,803

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

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Grants received

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.