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JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES INC

EIN 52-1069070 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$3,445,579
Expenses 2024
$4,034,896

Program services were 64.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V240
Classification
2000
Street
633 PENNSYLVANIA AVE 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 JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES, AMERICA'S BLACK THINK TANK, PROVIDES COMPELLING AND ACTIONABLE POLICY SOLUTIONS TO ERADICATE PERSISTENT AND EVOLVING BARRIERS TO THE FULL FREEDOM OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA. (SEE SCHEDULE O)WE ARE THE TRUSTED FORUM FOR LEADING EXPERTS AND SCHOLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES AND PROMOTE IDEAS THAT ADVANCE BLACK COMMUNITIES. WE USE EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, CONVENINGS, AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO SUPPORT BLACK COMMUNITIES AND A NETWORK OF ALLIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES, AMERICA'S BLACK THINK TANK, PROVIDES COMPELLING AND ACTIONABLE POLICY SOLUTIONS TO ERADICATE PERSISTENT AND EVOLVING BARRIERS TO THE FULL FREEDOM OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA. WE ARE THE TRUSTED FORUM FOR LEADING EXPERTS AND SCHOLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES AND PROMOTE IDEAS THAT ADVANCE BLACK COMMUNITIES. WE USE EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, CONVENINGS, AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO SUPPORT BLACK COMMUNITIES AND A NETWORK OF ALLIES.

  • ECONOMIC STUDIES: THE JOINT CENTER'S ECONOMIC STUDIES PROGRAM CONDUCTS SURVEY RESEARCH, PRODUCES POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, WRITES AND PUBLISHES REPORTS AND FACT SHEETS, ORGANIZES EVENTS, AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ON BLACK COMMUNITIES AND THE FUTURE OF WORK, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, TECHNOLOGY, AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND SECURITY. THE ECONOMIC STUDIES PROGRAM ALSO EXPLORES AND INCUBATES NEW RESEARCH ISSUE AREAS.

    Expenses $2,026,422

  • POLITICAL STUDIES: THE JOINT CENTER'S POLITICAL STUDIES PROGRAM COLLECTS AND ANALYZES DATA, CONDUCTS SURVEY RESEARCH, PRODUCES POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, WRITES AND PUBLISHES REPORTS AND FACT SHEETS, ORGANIZES EVENTS, AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ON CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DIVERSITY, AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF BLACK COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $554,855

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.

  • Jessica Fulton Interim

    PRES THRU 2/24 & VICE PRES POLICY

    Total calculated
    $271,645
    From this org
    $249,738
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,738
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,191
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,716
    Filer's total
    $271,645

  • Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

    PRESIDENT SINCE 03/2024

    Total calculated
    $242,882
    From this org
    $242,309
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $573
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,309
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $573
    Filer's total
    $242,882

  • Paul Thornell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Kenneth Jones

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Paula Boyd

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jean-Phillipe Austin

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leslie Boissiere

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Latosha Brown

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Collins

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Dixon

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Grumet

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chanelle Hardy

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Lewis

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Safiya Noble

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carla Thompson Payton

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Antonio Williams

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Opal Hawkins Financial Advisory Con

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SINCE 11/24

    Total calculated
    $27,598
    From this org
    $26,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,252
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chandra Hayslett Vice President

    COMMUNICATIONS THRU 11/24

    Total calculated
    $275,672
    From this org
    $259,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,473
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,034
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $37,165
    Deferred
    $6,039
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,434
    Filer's total
    $275,672

  • Quinci Moody Vice President Finance

    AND OPERATIONS THRU 11/24

    Total calculated
    $278,602
    From this org
    $259,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,372
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $37,510
    Deferred
    $8,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,106
    Filer's total
    $278,602

  • Lashonda Brenson

    SENIOR RESEARCHER

    Total calculated
    $180,281
    From this org
    $162,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,592
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,689
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,508
    Filer's total
    $180,281

  • Kayla Elliott

    DIRECTOR, WORKFORCE POLICY

    Total calculated
    $194,258
    From this org
    $173,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,499
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,759
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,523
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,976
    Filer's total
    $194,258

  • Danielle Davis

    DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY POLICY

    Total calculated
    $168,330
    From this org
    $159,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,330
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,330
    Filer's total
    $168,330

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
    $3,445,579
    Expenses
    $4,034,896
    Contributions
    $3,341,053
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,905,098
    Expenses
    $4,007,814
    Contributions
    $3,850,734
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,186,169
    Expenses
    $4,058,282
    Contributions
    $4,081,881
    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
    $7,289,544
    Expenses
    $2,412,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,366,492

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,989,311
    Expenses
    $1,287,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,759,788

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,230,581
    Expenses
    $1,084,630
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,715,099

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,230,581
    Expenses
    $1,084,630
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,715,099

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,351,566
    Expenses
    $958,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,445,757

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $900,903
    Expenses
    $1,277,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,088,200

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,824,673
    Expenses
    $1,000,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,466,786

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $584,167
    Expenses
    $413,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $347,871

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $787,885
    Expenses
    $1,734,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $359,748

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,622,012
    Expenses
    $5,654,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,069,573

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

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.