INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF MODERN AUTHORITARIANISM

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

114 12TH ST NE

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

• ISMA IS DEDICATED TO PRODUCING INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY ON THE DYNAMICS OF MODERN AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES. THROUGH RIGOROUS ANALYSIS AND EXPERT INSIGHTS, ISMA'S COMMENTARY PROVIDES A NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THESE AUTHORITARIAN CONTEXTS, FOSTERING INFORMED DISCOURSE. ISMA PUBLISHES THE UNPOPULIST, WHICH AIMS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, FOSTERING A BROADER AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES POSED BY MODERN AUTHORITARIANISM.ISMA CONDUCTS CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AIMED AT DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISMS, IDEOLOGIES, AND IMPACT OF MODERN AUTHORITARIANISM. THIS RESEARCH SERVES AS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR SCHOLARS, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE PUBLIC, SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE INTRICACIES OF AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNANCE, THE EROSION OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS.ISMA WILL ORGANIZE EVENTS THAT SERVE AS PLATFORMS FOR ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

  Expenses $681,019

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.

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

  $671,235

  Expenses

  $740,616

  Contributions

  $667,420

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $655,000

  Expenses

  $137,974

  Contributions

  $655,000

  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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period

1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Principal officer

Denise Chaykun

Mailing address

824 Wilde AveDrexel Hill PA 19026

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

• PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT

  $95,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRS TAX CODE.

• MERCATUS CENTER INC

  $50,000

  2023 · Research and Education Grants

• ATLAS ECONOMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2025 · Economic Education

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