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ULYSSES S GRANT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRACY

EIN 88-3133672 MOUNTAIN BRK, AL

Largest nonprofits in Alabama

Revenue 2024
$105,077
Expenses 2024
$553,023

Program services were 72.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R05
Classification
2000
Street
421 OFFICE PARK DR

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

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

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 ULYSSES S. GRANT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTES RIGOROUS AND OBJECTIVE STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION MADE GRANTS TO UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS TO RESEARCH, WRITE, AND PUBLISH ON TOPICS THAT FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OF STUDYING AND ANALYSING AMERICA'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.

    Expenses $154,200 · Grants $154,200

  • THE GRANT INSTITUTE PURSUES ITS MISSION BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE VOTING AND ELECTIONS PROCESS.

    Expenses $244,106 · Grants $50,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Bobby Burchfield

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daron Shaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judge Janice Rogers Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Yoo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derek Lyons

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $187,022
    From this org
    $180,653
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,369
    Hours/week
    6

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,903
    Bonus
    $33,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,402
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,967
    Filer's total
    $187,022

  • Lindsey Hagan

    SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $19,708
    From this org
    $18,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $797
    Hours/week
    2

  • Taylor Reed

    TREASURER

    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
    $105,077
    Expenses
    $553,023
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $204,200
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,900,000
    Expenses
    $326,512
    Contributions
    $2,900,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,900,000
    Expenses
    $326,512
    Contributions
    $2,900,000
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Derek Lyons
Mailing address
2024 3RD AVE N STE 211BIRMINGHAM AL 35203

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

    $50,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

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