CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T50Z

Classification

2000

Street

1700 N MOORE ST STE 2010

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

• RESEARCH: CRC CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE SECTOR, INCLUDING THE ADVOCACY GROUPS, THINK TANKS, FOUNDATIONS, ACTIVISTS, OTHER OPINION LEADERS, AND GROUPS INFLUENCING THE PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS. CRC STRIVES TO PRODUCE IRONCLAD RESEARCH THAT IS USED TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED. CRC SHARES ITS RESEARCH THROUGH REGULAR PRINT PUBLICATIONS, A DYNAMIC WEBSITE (CAPITALRESEARCH ORG), EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, A PODCAST AND OTHER OUTLETS. CRC'S RESEARCH SPECIALTIES INCLUDE INVESTIGATING CHARITABLE GROUPS ENGAGING IN POLICY (AND POTENTIALLY POLITICAL) ADVOCACY; OTHER TAX-EXEMPT SPECIAL INTEREST ENTITIES AND SOCIAL WELFARE GROUPS; FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, AND GRANT-MAKING ORGANIZATIONS; LABOR UNIONS, THEIR MISSION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, SOURCES OF SUPPORT, AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. CRC ALSO PROFILES OTHER INFLUENCERS, INCLUDING THE MEDIA AND WELL-KNOWN ACTIVISTS AND POLICYMAKERS. CRC PRODUCED EIGHT (8) PRINT/MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS OF LONG-FORM ARTICLES AND POPULATED THE WEBSITE WITH ROUGHLY TEN POSTS PER WEEK OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY.

  Expenses $2,167,216 · Revenue $16,864

• INFLUENCE WATCH: CRC MAINTAINS INFLUENCEWATCH.ORG. A WIKI-STYLE ONLINE RESOURCE OF FACT-BASED, ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS INFLUENCERS OF PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES. INFLUENCEWATCH STRIVES TO BE COMPREHENSIVE, PROVIDING FREQUENTLY UPDATED PROFILES COMPLETE WITH RELIABLE SOURCING. PROFILES INCLUDE ACTIVISTS, NON-PROFIT ENTITIES, FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES, LABOR UNIONS, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES, AGENCIES, LEGISLATION, AND MOVEMENTS. THE WEBSITE GREW TO 15,000 TOTAL ENTRIES, WITH APPROXIMATELY 7,500 LONG PROFILES COMPLETED. WEBSITE TRAFFIC WAS 2.3 MILLION UNIQUE USERS AND 4.5 MILLION PAGEVIEWS. ROUGHLY 2,000 USERS RECEIVE A MONTHLY EMAIL WITH INFORMATION ON INFLUENCEWATCH ENTRIES.

  Expenses $1,099,925

• COMMUNICATIONS: COMMUNICATIONS: CRC DISSEMINATES ITS RESEARCH (VIA PRESS RELEASE, MEDIA STATEMENTS, AND OTHER MEDIA RELATIONS EFFORTS) TO NEWS OUTLETS THAT COVER THE TOPIC OF PUBLIC POLICY INFLUENCE. CRC'S MEDIA APPEARANCES (INCLUDING OP EDS, INTERVIEWS, REFERENCES IN THE MEDIA, AND OTHER CITATIONS) IN OUTLETS LIKE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, FOX NEWS, THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY, NATIONAL REVIEW, REALCLEAR POLITICS, WASHINGTON EXAMINER, WASHINGTON FREE BEACON, THE DAILY CALLER, AMONG OTHERS. OUR HITS JUMPED TO CLOSE TO 4,500, AN INCREASE OF 12.5 PERCENT. CRC'S MANY EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS WERE VIEWED OVER 8.6 MILLION TIMES ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK.

  Expenses $418,852

• OUTREACH

  Expenses $364,313

• CENTER FOR STRATEGIC GIVING

  Expenses $273,518

• SOCIAL MEDIA

  Expenses $259,108

• RESEARCH ARCHIVES

  Expenses $75,216

• DANGEROUS DOCUMENTARIES

  Expenses $18,045

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.

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

  $7,522,866

  Expenses

  $7,950,331

  Contributions

  $7,316,895

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,462,650

  Expenses

  $7,173,570

  Contributions

  $7,299,720

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,181,137

  Expenses

  $7,256,716

  Contributions

  $7,055,273

  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.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,083,008

  Expenses

  $6,796,944

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,585,659

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,880,833

  Expenses

  $5,508,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,928,639

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,627,330

  Expenses

  $5,575,112

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,782,557

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,942,556

  Expenses

  $4,790,958

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,748,635

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,544,852

  Expenses

  $4,357,883

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,332,256

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,291,002

  Expenses

  $1,777,994

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,205,695

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.

Grants made

• TALENT MARKET CO AMERICA'S FUTURE

  $10,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $904,850

  2023 · for general operations

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $820,600

  2024 · for general operations

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $517,250

  2022 · for general operations

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $509,925

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $481,612

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $305,117

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $150,000

  2022 · $75,000 for labor-related research and $75,000 for general operations

• BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC

  $79,500

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $64,972

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $60,500

  2023 · RELIGION

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

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