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R STREET INSTITUTE

EIN 26-3477125 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$15,095,416
Expenses 2024
$14,464,327

Program services were 86.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B05
Classification
2000
Street
1411 K ST NW

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 R STREET INSTITUTE IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN, PUBLIC-POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATION ("THINK TANK"). OUR MISSION IS TO ENGAGE IN POLICY RESEARCH AND OUTREACH TO PROMOTE FREE MARKETS AND LIMITED, EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • HARM REDUCTIONR STREET'S HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM IS GROUNDED IN AN UNDERSTANDING THAT "ABSTINENCE ONLY" APPROACHES TO RISKY BEHAVIOR ARE INEFFECTIVE. WITH THIS IN MIND, RSI FOCUSES ON HARM-REDUCTION APPROACHES THAT RECOGNIZE THAT HARMFUL BEHAVIORS MAY CONTINUE TO HAPPEN EVEN AS POLICIES ARE ENACTED TO HELP MITIGATE-IF NOT ELIMINATE-THOSE HARMS. THE PROGRAM CONNECTS THE DOTS BETWEEN HISTORICALLY SILOED ISSUES SUCH AS: TOBACCO, CANNABIS, AND ILLICIT DRUG USE. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM'S PROJECT FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES CONDUCTS PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ON PRESSING ISSUES FOR THE MODERN AMERICAN FAMILY, FOCUSING ON PRAGMATIC POLICY SOLUTIONS LIKE IMPROVING TELEHEALTH ACCESS, REDUCTING REGULATORY BURDENS ON CHILD CARE, INCREASING LABOR FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING PARENTS, AND ENHANCING ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

    Expenses $2,379,134

  • TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONR STREET'S TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY PROGRAM SUPPORTS AMERICAN INNOVATION AND PUSHES BACK AGAINST REGULATORY IMPEDIMENTS TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, AND FREE SPEECH. THE TEAM'S WORK THIS YEAR INCLUDED DEFENDING AGAINST MISGUIDED ANTITRUST LAWS IN CONGRESS, THWARTING ATTACKS ON CONTENT MODERATION AND SECTION 230-FROM BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES-AS WELL AS OUTLINING THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT AND INTERNET GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $2,212,410

  • ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTR STREET'S ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT TEAM SEEKS A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF A THRIVING ECONOMY, WELL-FOUNDED SCIENCE, AND PRINCIPLES OF MARKET COMPETITION AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT. OUR EXPERTS HAVE DEEP EXPERTISE IN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, AS WELL AS ELECTRICITY POLICY.

    Expenses $1,956,880 · Grants $30,000

  • GOVERNANCE R STREET'S GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AIMS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF SELF-GOVERNANCE, WITH A FOCUS ON CONGRESS AND OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNANCE TEAM'S WORK FOCUSED ON CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, BROAD COALITION WORK AROUND IMPROVING OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND DEFENDING ELECTION OFFICIALS AND VOTERS FROM VIOLENCE, REDUCING RAMPANT OVERSPENDING ON CAPITOL HILL, AND EDUCATING LAWMAKERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR POWERS IN CONGRESS THROUGH WRITTEN WORK, BRIEFINGS AND PODCASTS LIKE POLITICS IN QUESTION.

    Expenses $1,678,658 · Grants $255,240

  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE & CIVIL LIBERTIESR STREET'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES POLICY PROGRAM WORKS ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF PUBLIC POLICY, IMPACTING ALMOST EVERY STAGE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: INCARCERATION, JUVENILE JUSTICE, POLICING, PRETRIAL, BAIL REFORM, REENTRY, AND SENTENCING. OUR REFORMS ARE GROUNDED IN ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY, DUE PROCESS, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.

    Expenses $1,815,362

  • FINANCE, INSURANCE AND TRADE R STREET'S INSURANCE POLICY PROGRAM EXPLORES EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MARKET-BASED APPROACHES TO PUBLIC POLICY QUESTIONS THAT INVOLVE THE TRANSFER OF RISK. AMONG ITS PRIORITIES ARE RISK-BASED INSURANCE REGULATION, ENDING ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORP. AND EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF MITIGATION THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THE RESTORE ACT AND THE COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.

    Expenses $1,180,890

  • CYBERSECURITY & EMERGING THREATSR STREET'S CYBERSECURITY AND EMERGING THREATS TEAM WORKS ON DATA SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS, EMERGING CYBER AND NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS, CYBER IMPACTS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND WORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN CYBERSECURITY, AMONG OTHER PRESSING PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNS.

    Expenses $1,089,530

  • COMPETITION POLICYR STREET'S COMPETITION POLICY PROGRAM ADDRESSES GOVERNMENT BARRIERS THAT HURT BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE. WE SUPPORT MARKET-ORIENTED POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE FREE ENTERPRISE, CONSUMER CHOICE, AND PUBLIC WELL-BEING. THE TEAM FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING, ALCOHOL POLICY, HEALTH CARE DISINTERMEDIATION, TELEHEALTH POLICY, ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMMING, AND REGULATORY REFORM.

    Expenses $131,792

  • LOBBYING

    Expenses $65,543

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.

  • SUSANNA DOKUPIL

    BOARD CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROBERT WATKINS

    BOARD MEMBER, (UNTIL 12/13/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEPHEN WEINSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • RYAN CALO

    BOARD MEMBER, (UNTIL 07/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PABLO CARRILLO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARLA DEAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN GRAHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ELIZABETH FRAZEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATIE HARBATH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SIMONE SYED

    BOARD MEMBER, (UNTIL 12/13/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ELIAS ROTHENBERG-LEHRER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $374,542
    From this org
    $338,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,668
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $338,874
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,943
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,725
    Filer's total
    $374,542

  • ERICA SCHODER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $305,010
    From this org
    $286,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,525
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,272
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,213
    Filer's total
    $305,010

  • SABRINA SCHAEFFER

    VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $249,551
    From this org
    $218,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,234
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,817
    Bonus
    $5,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,265
    Filer's total
    $249,551

  • CHAD RUSSELL

    VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $224,053
    From this org
    $207,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,922
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,631
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,286
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,636
    Filer's total
    $224,053

  • MAZEN SALEH

    SENIOR DIRECTOR, HARM REDUCTION

    Total calculated
    $237,352
    From this org
    $221,621
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,198
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $15,923
    Deferred
    $8,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,784
    Filer's total
    $237,352

  • JILLIAN SNIDER

    DIRECTOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $210,010
    From this org
    $201,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,467
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,043
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,062
    Nontaxable benefits
    $405
    Filer's total
    $210,010

  • DEVIN HARTMAN

    DIRECTOR, ENERGY

    Total calculated
    $226,064
    From this org
    $205,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,583
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,981
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,976
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,607
    Filer's total
    $226,064

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
    $15,095,416
    Expenses
    $14,464,327
    Contributions
    $14,967,658
    Grants paid
    $285,240
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,048,315
    Expenses
    $14,224,826
    Contributions
    $10,987,175
    Grants paid
    $164,938
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,380,594
    Expenses
    $12,930,790
    Contributions
    $13,315,801
    Grants paid
    $246,878

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
    $12,078,892
    Expenses
    $10,529,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,433,752

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,674,519
    Expenses
    $9,816,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,026,992

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,765,865
    Expenses
    $10,110,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,276,637

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,586,090
    Expenses
    $9,332,381
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,658,153

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,389,020
    Expenses
    $6,853,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,324,052

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,946,145
    Expenses
    $4,910,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,311,687

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,164,948
    Expenses
    $3,471,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,131,906

  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $9,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,349

  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $13,332
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,316

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

  • SNF AGORA INSTITUTE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $255,240

    2024 THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING R STREET IN ITS EFFORT TO EXPLORE THE OUTLINES OF CONSERVATIVE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT AS PART OF R STREET'S GRANT FROM ELECTION TRUST INITATIVE WHERE IN R STREET IS THE SUB GRANTOR OF THIS GRANT.

  • TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY

    $50,000

    2022 TPPF WILL ASSIST WITH CENTER-RIGHT CASES IN JAIL REFORM IN THE US WITH MEDIA HITS, OP-EDS, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.

  • SNF AGORA INSTITUTE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $48,000

    2023 TO COLLABORATE ON THE GOVERNANCE POLICY PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO EXPLORE THE OUTLINES OF CONSERVATIVE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT

  • AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION

    $37,500

    2022 GRANTEE WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE R STREET ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY PROGRAM TO DELINEATE A CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION POLICY VISION THAT RESONATES WITH FLORIDA CONSERVATIVES CONSISTENT WITH A LIMITED GOVERNMENT, PRO-MARKET PHILOSOPHY.

  • FLORIDA TAXWATCH INC

    $37,500

    2023 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTION POLICY VISION THAT RESONATES IN FLORIDA

  • AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION

    $37,500

    2023 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTION POLICY VISION THAT RESONATES IN FLORIDA

  • FLORIDA TAXWATCH INC

    $37,500

    2022 GRANTEE WILL ASSIST IN DELINEATING A CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTION POLICY VISION THAT RESONATES WITH FLORIDA CONSERVATIVES CONSISTENT WITH A LIMITED GOVERNMENT, PRO-MARKET PHILOSOPHY.

  • SUTHERLAND INSTITUTE

    $32,625

    2022 THIS COLLABORATION IS INTENDED TO PRODUCE RESEARCH AND ORIGINAL CONTENT, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN POPULAR MEDIA TO BRING IDEAS OF ELECTORAL REFORM TO A BROAD, BIPARTISAN AUDIENCE WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON WORK THAT WILL HELP INCREASE THE IMPACT OF SPECIFIC ELECTORAL AND VOTING REFORMS FROM A CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVE AND DEVELOP ORIGINAL CONTENT ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

  • MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC

    $27,447

    2022 THE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE, PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ABOUT POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION IN NEW YORK CITY, ANALYZE THE USE OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN THE CITY, AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL ELECTORAL AND VOTING REFORM SOLUTIONS.

  • ADVANCE ARKANSAS INSTITUTE

    $20,000

    2022 THE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE, PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ABOUT POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION IN ARKANSAS AND POTENTIAL ELECTORAL REFORM SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING RANKED CHOICE VOTING, REDISTRICTING REFORM, AND VOTING ACCESS AND SECURITY.

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

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