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CICERO RESEARCH

EIN 86-1325445 AUSTIN, TX

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Revenue 2024
$13,310,263
Expenses 2024
$6,083,280

Program services were 70.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A05
Classification
1200
Street
2112 RIO GRANDE ST

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

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CICERO RESEARCH IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES, ALONG WITH ITS RELATED AND INDEPENDENT 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATION CICERO ACTION, AS THE CICERO INSTITUTE. CICERO RESEARCH'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES OF A FREE SOCIETY AND HIGHLIGHT THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY TO FIX BROKEN PUBLIC SYSTEMS AND LIFT UP MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

  • PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH:CICERO RESEARCH UNDERTOOK ACTIVITIES AND MADE GRANTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO SEVERAL POLICY AREAS SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, REGULATORY REFORM, AND HEALTHCARE.

    Expenses $4,284,638 · Grants $30,000

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.

  • Joseph Lonsdale

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Aaron Webman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Blake Brickman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Clay Spence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tayler Lonsdale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tyson Hendricksen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ryan Vassar

    SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $296,866
    From this org
    $125,246
    From related orgs
    $136,754
    Other
    $34,866
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,246 + $136,754 related
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,692 + $1,391 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,834 + $3,949 related
    Filer's total
    $154,772 + $142,094 related
  • Whitney Munro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stephen Garrison

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $430,413
    From this org
    $420,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,413
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,000
    Bonus
    $225,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,611 + $802 related
    Filer's total
    $429,611 + $802 related
  • Bryan Sunderland

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $298,089
    From this org
    $68,735
    From related orgs
    $194,390
    Other
    $34,964
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $68,735 + $159,390 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $35,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,839 + $6,900 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,354 + $17,871 related
    Filer's total
    $78,928 + $219,161 related
  • Chris Jones

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $260,357
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,967 + $233 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,622 + $535 related
    Filer's total
    $259,589 + $768 related
  • Michael Brickman

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $244,740
    From this org
    $220,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,607 + $193 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,591 + $349 related
    Filer's total
    $244,198 + $542 related
  • Stefani Buhajla

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $197,503
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,503
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,000
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,414 + $306 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,610 + $1,173 related
    Filer's total
    $196,024 + $1,479 related
  • Jonathan Wolfson

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $296,833
    From this org
    $261,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,033
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,800
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,088 + $1,162 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,543 + $3,240 related
    Filer's total
    $292,431 + $4,402 related
  • Adam Meier

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $290,983
    From this org
    $255,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,089 + $111 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,502 + $281 related
    Filer's total
    $290,591 + $392 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,310,263
    Expenses
    $6,083,280
    Contributions
    $12,717,805
    Grants paid
    $30,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,098,747
    Expenses
    $3,550,367
    Contributions
    $6,001,875
    Grants paid
    $15,780
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,849,489
    Expenses
    $9,711,324
    Contributions
    $14,774,489
    Grants paid
    $6,773,008

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
    $13,029,248
    Expenses
    $3,317,893
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,719,742
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 2024 return

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Declared as related by

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • ARPINUM

    C · EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · 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

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.