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PELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY

EIN 26-1704791 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Revenue 2024
$3,537,196
Expenses 2024
$2,908,524

Program services were 86.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W05
Classification
1000
Street
400 POYDRAS ST STE 900

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 · 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.

  • ABHAY PATEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAMERON SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL J ERSPAMER

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $271,858
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $50,000
    Other
    $21,858
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000 + $45,000 related
    Bonus
    $20,000 + $5,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,376 + $1,344 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,110 + $3,028 related
    Filer's total
    $217,486 + $54,372 related

  • JEB BRUNEAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATHALIE SIMON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN M GELE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ERIN BENDILY

    VP FOR POLICY & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $206,522
    From this org
    $153,250
    From related orgs
    $41,750
    Other
    $11,522
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,500 + $39,500 related
    Bonus
    $12,750 + $2,250 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,700 + $1,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,322 + $1,800 related
    Filer's total
    $161,272 + $45,250 related

  • JAMES BAEHR

    SPECIAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $202,954
    From this org
    $197,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,766
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,188
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $202,954

  • SYDNEY HINDS

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,343
    From this org
    $161,450
    From related orgs
    $11,550
    Other
    $12,343
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000 + $10,000 related
    Bonus
    $11,450 + $1,550 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,320 + $480 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,793 + $750 related
    Filer's total
    $172,563 + $12,780 related

  • SARAH HARBISON

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $154,626
    From this org
    $145,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,626
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,000
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,726
    Filer's total
    $154,626

  • RACHEL CALUDA

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $116,976
    From this org
    $103,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,226
    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 — 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
    $3,537,196
    Expenses
    $2,908,524
    Contributions
    $3,322,523
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,580,722
    Expenses
    $2,860,099
    Contributions
    $2,360,998
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,336,205
    Expenses
    $2,300,589
    Contributions
    $2,302,344
    Grants paid
    $50,000

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.