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THE NISKANEN CENTER INC

EIN 45-5308952 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$9,958,495
Expenses 2024
$10,357,724

Program services were 85.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W052
Classification
1200
Street
1201 NEW YORK AVE NW STE 200B

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.

  • DANIEL DREZNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JULEANNA GLOVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ROBERT LITTERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RICHARD LYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOHN WOLTHUIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KAREN DYNAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JEFFEREY FLIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOSEPH COON

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $272,135
    From this org
    $260,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,038
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,805
    Nontaxable benefits
    $792
    Filer's total
    $272,135

  • TED GAYER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $682,937
    From this org
    $682,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $592,330
    Bonus
    $89,775
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $132
    Filer's total
    $682,937

  • KRISTEN DE PENA

    VP FOR POLICY

    Total calculated
    $276,973
    From this org
    $266,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,666
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,807
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,666
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $276,973

  • DAVID OSBORNE

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $206,908
    From this org
    $192,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,080
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $45,523
    Deferred
    $5,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,740
    Filer's total
    $206,908

  • LOUISA TAVLAS

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $189,345
    From this org
    $176,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,904
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,941
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,957
    Filer's total
    $189,345

  • KODIAK HILL-DAVIS

    SENIOR VP GOVT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $245,964
    From this org
    $227,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,276
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,188
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,093
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,183
    Filer's total
    $245,964

  • JOSHUA MCCABE

    DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL POLICY

    Total calculated
    $159,819
    From this org
    $153,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,069
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,819

  • GREGORY NEWBURN

    DIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $172,540
    From this org
    $156,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,504
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,122
    Filer's total
    $172,540

  • CHARLES S DAYTON

    DIR OF GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $195,934
    From this org
    $177,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,000
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,354
    Filer's total
    $195,934

  • COREY SCHRODT

    DIR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $180,686
    From this org
    $165,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,198
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,988
    Bonus
    $10,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,248
    Filer's total
    $180,686

  • MATTHEW LA CORTE

    DEPUTY DIR OF IMMIGRATION

    Total calculated
    $156,465
    From this org
    $143,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,965
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,000
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,245
    Filer's total
    $156,465

  • KRISTEN SEALS

    DIR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $171,488
    From this org
    $157,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,405
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,083
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,380
    Filer's total
    $171,488

  • ZACHARY NORRIS

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $174,283
    From this org
    $156,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,507
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,276
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,932
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,575
    Filer's total
    $174,283

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
    $9,958,495
    Expenses
    $10,357,724
    Contributions
    $9,928,273
    Grants paid
    $350,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,280,437
    Expenses
    $8,661,967
    Contributions
    $11,228,705
    Grants paid
    $500,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,750,481
    Expenses
    $7,598,252
    Contributions
    $6,662,928
    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

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.