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RODEL INSTITUTE

EIN 92-0721362 PHOENIX, AZ

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Revenue 2025
$3,309,402
Expenses 2025
$2,891,854

Program services were 67.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T23
Classification
2000
Street
2801 E CAMELBACK RD STE 200

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

7 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 200). 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 · 2025

Mission

THE RODEL INSTITUTE IS A NONPARTISAN CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL GROWTH. RODEL HELPS AMERICA'S MOST PROMISING LEADERS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, DEEPEN THEIR COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW, CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1AND WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR NATION'S MOST IMPORTANT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • THE INSTITUTE'S SIGNATURE PROGRAM IS THE RODEL FELLOWSHIP. CREATED IN 2005, THE FELLOWSHIP IS THE NATION'S PREMIER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ELECTED LEADERS. EACH YEAR, THE PROGRAM SELECTS 24 OUTSTANDING STATE AND LOCAL-LEVEL LEADERS, DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, TO COME TOGETHER FOR A SERIES OF THREE MULTI-DAY SEMINARS HELD OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. WORKING WITH LEADING SCHOLARS AS MODERATORS, THE FELLOWS READ AND DISCUSS CLASSIC TEXTS DEALING WITH ETHICAL VALUES, DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, AND WISE AND EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP. THOSE TEXTS INCLUDE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AND WRITINGS BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AMONG MANY OTHERS. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE RODEL FELLOWSHIP SEMINARS, FELLOWS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER PERIODICALLY WITH ALUMNI OF THE PROGRAM TO DISCUSS CRITICAL QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP IN A NONPARTISAN SETTING. OVER 360 ELECTED LEADERS HAVE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM. THESE FELLOWS HAVE GONE ON TO SERVE AS UNITED STATES SENATORS, GOVERNORS, MAYORS, PARTY LEADERS, CABINET SECRETARIES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $740,340

  • LAUNCHED IN 2022, THE JUDICIAL FELLOWSHIP IS FOR FEDERAL JUDGES AND STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. BASED OFF OF THE RODEL FELLOWSHIP MODEL, THE PROGRAM CONVENES 18 JUDGES AND JUSTICES ANNUALLY FOR A SERIES OF THREE SEMINARS TO STUDY, LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, BUILD TRUSTING FRIENDSHIPS, AND FOSTER COMMON INTELLECTUAL GROUND. THESE JUDGES (9 OF WHICH WERE APPOINTED BY OR ELECTED AS REPUBLICANS AND 9 OF WHICH WERE APPOINTED BY OR ELECTED AS DEMOCRATS) MEET FOR THREE LONG WEEKENDS OVER TWO YEARS WITH THE FINAL CAPSTONE SEMINAR TAKING PLACE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE SEMINARS COMBINE READING-BASED DISCUSSIONS LED BY DISTINGUISHED LAW PROFESSORS WITH WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP AND THE CHALLENGES OF JUDICIAL WORK. RODEL JUDICIAL FELLOWS READ CLASSICAL LEGAL TEXTS ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY FROM VARYING PERSPECTIVES. THE DISCUSSIONS ARE CANDID AND CONFIDENTIAL, ALLOWING PARTICIPANTS TO FULLY EXAMINE THEIR OWN IDEAS AND EXPLORE THOSE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES.

    Expenses $690,111

  • BUILDING OFF THE SUCCESS OF THE RODEL FELLOWSHIP WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING THE IMPACT OF RODEL MORE SCALABLE, RODEL AMERICA WAS FOUNDED IN 2022. RODEL AMERICA CONVENES BIPARTISAN GROUPS OF STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS FROM SELECT REGIONS OF THE NATION TO PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS EMPLOYING THE PROVEN RODEL SEMINAR MODEL. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BREAK DOWN PARTISAN BARRIERS, INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, AND CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO PRACTICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. RODEL AMERICA HAS COMPLETED PROGRAMS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; WASHINGTON STATE; RHODE ISLAND AND CALIFORNIA WITH FUTURE SEMINARS SCHEDULED FOR ALASKA AND WASHINGTON STATE.

    Expenses $319,722

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $123,383

  • COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS -THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (CFR) AND THE RODEL INSTITUTE CONVENE AN ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY FORUM FOR RODEL FELLOWS IN ELECTED OFFICE TO GATHER FOR NONPARTISAN DISCUSSIONS ON THE FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES FACING THE UNITED STATES. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP ELECTED LEADERS DEVELOP THE GEOPOLITICAL UNDERSTANDING NECESSARY TO ENGAGE PRODUCTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE WORLD. THE CFR-RODEL COLLABORATION IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER THE LEADERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE FOR PARTICIPANTS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THEIR THREE-SEMINAR RODEL FELLOWSHIP.

    Expenses $71,520

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bill Budinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Don Budinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan Budinger

    CHAIR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.5
  • Steve Bullock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob McKenna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ian Solomon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamie Woodson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Kroger

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $481,141
    From this org
    $437,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,957
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $427,184
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,957
    Filer's total
    $481,141
  • Jeff King

    VICE PRESIDENT & COO

    Total calculated
    $348,492
    From this org
    $298,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,319
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,798
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,375
    Filer's total
    $348,492
  • Elizabeth Noonan

    EXECUTIVE DIR, RODEL FELLOWSHIP

    Total calculated
    $157,671
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,671
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $871
    Filer's total
    $157,671
  • Susan Hwang

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $160,201
    From this org
    $143,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,474
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $727
    Filer's total
    $160,201
  • Samantha Thompson-Foster

    DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS

    Total calculated
    $130,638
    From this org
    $100,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,838
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,309,402
    Expenses
    $2,891,854
    Contributions
    $3,309,402
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,866,429
    Expenses
    $2,779,839
    Contributions
    $2,866,429
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,433,000
    Expenses
    $2,884,907
    Contributions
    $2,433,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,479,564
    Expenses
    $527,686
    Contributions
    $1,479,564
    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.

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 11 November 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.