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PLATTE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC

EIN 20-8809060 OMAHA, NE

Revenue 2024
$1,166,415
Expenses 2024
$1,104,598

Program services were 73.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V22
Classification
1000
Street
6910 PACIFIC ST STE 216

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 216). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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

THE PLATTE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT REMOVE BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY IN NEBRASKA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT REMOVE BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY IN NEBRASKA.

  • PROTECTING NEBRASKA TAXPAYERS - TAXES ARE INEVITABLE IN OUR SOCIETY, BUT NOT ALL TAX POLICIES ARE CREATED EQUAL. THE PLATTE INSTITUTE ADVOCATES FOR TAX REFORMS THAT CREATE A SIMPLE, SUSTAINABLE TAX STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE'VE HELPED TO DEFEAT MAJOR TAX INCREASES WHILE ADVANCING LEGISLATION REDUCING INCOME, PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE TAXES TO NAME A FEW MAKING NEBRASKA A MORE WELCOMING PLACE TO EARN A PAYCHECK, OWN PROPERTY, RUN A BUSINESS, OR RETIRE.

    Expenses $405,035

  • BUILDING NEBRASKA'S WORKFORCE AND REDUCING REGULATIONS - THE PLATTE INSTITUTE IS EMPOWERING NEBRASKANS TO IDENTIFY AND COMBAT EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS, CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBSEEKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS, AND ENABLING NEW INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES TO ENTER THE MARKETPLACE.

    Expenses $243,021

  • GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY - WE'RE GIVING NEBRASKANS TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM KEEP AN EYE ON HOW POLICYMAKERS MANAGE THEIR TAX DOLLARS AND DECIDE POLICIES THAT IMPACT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

    Expenses $121,511

  • EMPOWERING EDUCATION CHOICE IN NEBRASKA - THE PLATTE INSTITUTE WORKED WITH A COALITION TO CHAMPION EDUCATION CHOICE FOR NEBRASKA FAMILIES.

    Expenses $40,504

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.

  • Blake Hoogeveen

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Scott

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Arganbright

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liisa Stark

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Abegglen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sid Dinsdale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Dudley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Geist

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Henry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dennis Hirschbrunner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Jenkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Keenan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Owen Palm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Werner-Robertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Sunderman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Vokal

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $272,756
    From this org
    $224,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,469
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,287
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,562
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,907
    Filer's total
    $272,756

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
    $1,166,415
    Expenses
    $1,104,598
    Contributions
    $1,165,654
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,170,973
    Expenses
    $1,158,664
    Contributions
    $1,170,740
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,157,944
    Expenses
    $1,152,918
    Contributions
    $1,157,944
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,085,482
    Expenses
    $1,025,633
    Assets (EOY)
    $405,534
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $853,538
    Expenses
    $837,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $334,438
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,008,189
    Expenses
    $993,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,754
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $989,780
    Expenses
    $961,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $299,719
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $849,642
    Expenses
    $829,246
    Assets (EOY)
    $267,555
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $820,604
    Expenses
    $760,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,473
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $724,397
    Expenses
    $720,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,895
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $664,702
    Expenses
    $648,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $156,487
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $571,601
    Expenses
    $570,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,833
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $452,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,729

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.