INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

W00F

Classification

1000

Street

727 E 16TH AVE

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

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.

• ALWAYS ON ENERGY RESEARCH

  EIN 93-2070538

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE LIBERTY PROJECT - THE GOAL OF THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE'S LIBERTY PROJECT IS TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND CONCERNED CITIZENS ON FREE MARKET SOLUTIONS TO PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES. THE LIBERTY PROJECT SERVES AS OUR GENERAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES CATEGORY. ITS PURPOSE IS EDUCATION ON POLICY ISSUES NOT SPECIFIED IN A PARTICULAR POLICY CENTER.

  Expenses $1,507,395 · Grants $100,000

• SECOND AMENDMENT PROJECT - THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROJECT (SAP) HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S LEADING POLICY RESEARCH CENTER IN THE SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS AS LAID OUT IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. SAP DIRECTOR DAVID KOPEL STUDIES THE LEGAL PRECEDENTS, NEWS AND OPINIONS, IN COLORADO, THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD, TO PROVIDE A CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON TOPICS RANGING FROM LEGAL REFORM TO GUN RIGHTS.

  Expenses $312,839

• EDUCATION POLICY CENTER - CALLING FOR GREATER INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS IN THE ROLE OF EDUCATING CHILDREN, THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE WAS THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO PROMOTE IDEAS SUCH AS OPEN ENROLLMENT, CHARTER SCHOOLS, SCHOOL REPORT CARDS AND VOUCHERS. THE EDUCATION POLICY CENTER, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PAM BENIGNO, CONTINUES ITS WORK IN THE AREAS OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE ALSO DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF TEACHERS AND TAXPAYERS FROM UNION ABUSES.

  Expenses $147,184

As filed on the 2024 return.

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

  $2,298,705

  Expenses

  $2,287,154

  Contributions

  $2,045,374

  Grants paid

  $100,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,644,899

  Expenses

  $2,746,053

  Contributions

  $3,476,487

  Grants paid

  $303,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,977,476

  Expenses

  $2,713,541

  Contributions

  $3,882,611

  Grants paid

  $451,500

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

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,066,130

  Expenses

  $2,744,939

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,125,460

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,662,306

  Expenses

  $2,967,428

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,786,992

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,782,950

  Expenses

  $3,524,664

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,126,625

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,196,031

  Expenses

  $3,518,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,819,480

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,196,031

  Expenses

  $3,518,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,819,480

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,716,740

  Expenses

  $2,621,981

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,147,253

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,906,044

  Expenses

  $2,995,352

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,009,299

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

• INDEPENDENT ACTION

  $200,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

• COLORADANS FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES

  $150,000

  2023 · RESEARCH

• COLORADO INDEPENDENT ACTION

  $150,000

  2023 · RESEARCH

• COLORADANS FOR CIVIL LIBERTIE

  $150,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

• COLORADANS FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES

  $100,000

  2024 · RESEARCH

• DT CARE

  $50,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

• INDEPENDENT AID

  $50,000

  2022 · RESEARCH

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE 1791 FOUNDATION INC

  $268,000

  2022 · national grant

• THE 1791 FOUNDATION INC

  $268,000

  2024 · 2nd Amendment Protection

• THE 1791 FOUNDATION INC

  $267,000

  2023 · 2nd Amendment Protection

• STATE POLICY NETWORK

  $218,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $161,000

  2022 · for general operations

• STATE POLICY NETWORK

  $152,500

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $143,400

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,300

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $78,064

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSE

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

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.

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