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POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

EIN 54-1700997 ARLINGTON, VA

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Revenue 2024
$7,212,447
Expenses 2024
$8,196,293

Program services were 98.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99
Classification
1200
Street
901 N STUART ST STE 1200

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 1200). 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

PIPS IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN, NON-PROFIT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE IDENTIFIES AND LEADS DISCUSSIONS ON KEY S&T AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES FACING OUR SOCIETY, PROVIDING AN ACADEMIC FORUM FOR THE STUDY OF RELATED POLICY ISSUES. BASED ON DATA AND EVIDENCE, WE DEVELOP MEANINGFUL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENSURE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONTRACT RESEARCH & STUDIES OF SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY & POLICY.

  • THE INSTITUTE ASSISTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY POLICIES, INCLUDING STRATEGIC PLANNING, TECHNICAL EVALUATION, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

    Expenses $8,092,018 · Revenue $6,551,844

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.

  • Jennifer M Buss PhD

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $436,075
    From this org
    $395,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,326
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $395,749
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,124
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,202
    Filer's total
    $436,075
  • Gary L Sojka

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Suzann Riester

    VP OF CONTRA

    Total calculated
    $362,594
    From this org
    $355,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,516
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $355,078
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,980
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,536
    Filer's total
    $362,594
  • Gail G Clifford CPA

    VP FOR FINAN

    Total calculated
    $265,264
    From this org
    $261,818
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,446
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,818
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,446
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $265,264
  • Lyle A Cox Jr PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $48,000
    From this org
    $48,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Theodore Glum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,625
    From this org
    $29,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Howard K Schue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John Y Young Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Curtis Pearson

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $299,930
    From this org
    $255,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,150
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,780
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,450
    Filer's total
    $299,930
  • Robert Hummel

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $266,484
    From this org
    $218,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,579
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,905
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,344
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,235
    Filer's total
    $266,484
  • Kimberly Sloan

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $202,842
    From this org
    $184,028
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,028
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,808
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,006
    Filer's total
    $202,842
  • Timothy Welter

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $172,969
    From this org
    $172,969
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,969
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $172,969
  • Michael Hoglund

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $207,458
    From this org
    $169,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,168
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,448
    Filer's total
    $207,458

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
    $7,212,447
    Expenses
    $8,196,293
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,664,892
    Expenses
    $12,655,128
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,896,578
    Expenses
    $13,157,107
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,330,733
    Expenses
    $13,214,756
    Contributions
    $25,000
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,808,828
    Expenses
    $10,410,767
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,742,038
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,442,980
    Expenses
    $10,544,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,515,056
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,146,925
    Expenses
    $11,069,996
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,229,418
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,853,668
    Expenses
    $10,972,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,752,248
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,256,473
    Expenses
    $11,246,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,791,734
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,456,118
    Expenses
    $12,238,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,377,329
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,276,625
    Expenses
    $11,237,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,333,042
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,115,250
    Expenses
    $10,113,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,741,438
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,510,292
    Expenses
    $10,402,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,784,714
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,386,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,646,655

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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