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INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT INC

EIN 93-2827813 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$17,990,000
Expenses 2024
$14,302,915

Program services were 95.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W99
Classification
2000
Street
1440 W TAYLOR STREET STE 950

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 950). 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT, INC. DEVELOPS SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF REAL HUMAN BEINGS.

  • THE INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT MADE A SERIES OF GRANTS TO NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED TO SUPPORT THE SMOOTH ADMINISTRATION OF THE 2024 ELECTION

    Expenses $4,132,750 · Grants $4,132,750

  • A MORE RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT GRANT PROGRAM WAS A NONPARTISAN PROGRAM OFFERING DIRECT, FLEXIBLE SUPPORT TO LOCAL ELECTION OFFICES IN THE SEVEN STATES THAT HAVE LED THE WAY IN MODERNIZING ELECTIONS. GRANT AWARD AMOUNTS WERE BASED EXCLUSIVELY UPON THE 2022 CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION OF THE LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE JURISDICTION, AS MEASURED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. GRANT FUNDS WERE USED TO COVER EXPENDITURES FOR PLANNING AND OPERATIONALIZING SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ACCESSIBLE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS DECIDED HOW TO ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDS AMONG THE PARTICULAR NONPARTISAN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION NEEDS IN THEIR JURISDICTION.

    Expenses $6,526,194 · Grants $6,526,194

  • BUILDING ON EXPERIENCE MODERNIZING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, THE INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED ANOTHER PILLAR OF WORK MAKING DEMOCRACY DELIVER FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS. IN 2024, THE INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT ENGAGED IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPED POLICY MODELS TO TRANSFORM SLOW, OPAQUE GOVERNMENT PROCESSES INTO MORE EFFICIENT, CUSTOMER-CENTRIC OPERATIONS, AND SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO BUILD GOVERNMENT CAPACITY

    Expenses $123,500 · Grants $50,000

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.

  • Samuel Gil Oliker Friedland

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $224,472
    From this org
    $181,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,897
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,575
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,107
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,790
    Filer's total
    $224,472

  • Neal Ubriani

    CHIEF OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $211,889
    From this org
    $171,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,482
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,407
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,481
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,001
    Filer's total
    $211,889

  • Alexander Tischenko

    CHIEF COUNSEL SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $198,126
    From this org
    $160,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,842
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,284
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,798
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,044
    Filer's total
    $198,126

  • Ashish Sinha

    DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $195,904
    From this org
    $158,489
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,415
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,489
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,728
    Filer's total
    $195,904

  • Allison Javery

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,078
    From this org
    $131,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,925
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,153
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,918
    Filer's total
    $162,078

  • Gabriel Gonzalez

    SENIOR ADVISOR FOR PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $158,511
    From this org
    $128,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,241
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,270
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,411
    Filer's total
    $158,511

  • Tiana Epps-Johnson

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Irina Vaynerman

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charanya Krishnaswami

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $17,990,000
    Expenses
    $14,302,915
    Contributions
    $17,990,000
    Grants paid
    $10,744,828
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,000,000
    Expenses
    $148,517
    Contributions
    $2,000,000
    Grants paid
    $10,000

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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.