Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

CATO INSTITUTE

EIN 23-7432162 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2023
$71,927,807
Expenses 2023
$41,834,120

Program services were 76.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W200
Classification
1000
Street
1000 MASSACHUSETTS 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).

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • PETER GOETTLER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $681,643
    From this org
    $629,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,787
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $629,856
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,487
    Filer's total
    $681,643

  • STEPHEN KURTZ

    VP, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $342,939
    From this org
    $304,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,931
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,008
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,526
    Filer's total
    $342,939

  • LESLEY ALBANESE

    SR VP, INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $300,182
    From this org
    $272,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,587
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,595
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,259
    Filer's total
    $300,182

  • SCOTT LINCICOME

    VP, GENERAL ECONOMICS & TRADE

    Total calculated
    $274,277
    From this org
    $236,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,927
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,350
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,302
    Filer's total
    $274,277

  • NORBERT MICHEL

    VP,DIRECTOR,MONETARY&FINANCIAL

    Total calculated
    $265,948
    From this org
    $227,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,237
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,722
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,515
    Filer's total
    $265,948

  • CLARK NEILY

    SR VP FOR LEGAL STUDIES

    Total calculated
    $265,804
    From this org
    $226,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,597
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,515
    Filer's total
    $265,804

  • MARISSA DELGADO

    SECRETARY, VP, FINANCE & CFO

    Total calculated
    $252,087
    From this org
    $214,892
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,195
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,892
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,912
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,283
    Filer's total
    $252,087

  • HARRISON MOAR

    VP FOR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $239,840
    From this org
    $215,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,366
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,474
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,503
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,863
    Filer's total
    $239,840

  • MICHAEL CANNON

    DIRECTOR OF HEALTH POLICY

    Total calculated
    $239,518
    From this org
    $215,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,698
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,820
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,535
    Filer's total
    $239,518

  • JOHN A ALLISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • BARON BOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KENNETH R FRENCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ROBERT GELFOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DAVID C HUMPHREYS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • LAURA HOLMES JOST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JAMES M KILTS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JAMES M LAPEYRE JR

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • EILEEN S LEECH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KENNETH LEVY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • JOHN P MACKEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • HOWARD S RICH

    DIR., VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ROBERT A TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • FRED YOUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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 — 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $71,927,807
    Expenses
    $41,834,120
    Contributions
    $67,085,826
    Grants paid
    $200,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $57,666,559
    Expenses
    $37,718,015
    Contributions
    $55,743,874
    Grants paid
    $133,754

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 10 September 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.