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BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE

EIN 48-0891418 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2025
$15,826,266
Expenses 2025
$11,271,388

Program services were 64.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99
Classification
1000
Street
1310 N COURTHOUSE RD STE 620

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 · 2025

Mission

The Bill of Rights Institute teaches history and civics. We equip students and teachers to live the ideals of a free and just society.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Bill of Rights Institute teaches history and civics with content and programs for teachers and students.

  • Educator Programs and Outreach The Bill of Rights Institute delivers rigorous professional development to educators nationwide through conference presentations, independent programs, and partnerships with local schools and districts. These programs offer educators the opportunity to learn teaching strategies and how to deploy BRI resources effectively in their classrooms. In 2025, the Institute continued to expand its network of over 91,000 educators-nearly one in two middle and high school educators in history and civics-and engaged more than 6,500 educators through 315 in-person trainings in twenty-nine states, as well as more than 2,700 educators through webinars and virtual learning.

    Expenses $2,750,384 · Grants $190,503 · Revenue $56,888

  • Digital Resource Development and Distribution Established in 1999, the Bill of Rights Institute is the proven market leader in the publication of open educational resources (OER) that teach U.S. history and civics. BRI provides classroom resources to educators and students free of charge, primarily through digital distribution. These resources are designed to help teachers and students explore America's story, its core civic principles, and the skills of citizenship, preparing the next generation to positively shape our nation's future. In 2025, BRI served over 2.9M users with 6.3M page views across its digital platform, including its website, social media properties, and extensive YouTube library, which had over 4.8M views.

    Expenses $2,625,023 · Revenue $164,708

  • Student Programs The Bill of Rights Institute engages students directly through intensive study, debate, and civic entrepreneurship programs. These programs cultivate skills in leadership, principled thinking, and deliberation and give students knowledge and practice in citizenship. The BRI Student Fellowship is a selective six-month educational program that helps high school students develop as civic leaders in their communities. MyImpact Challenge is a national contest where students develop service projects inspired by constitutional principles. The Debate and Leadership Institute is a weeklong program in partnership with Founding Forward that helps students build their debate skills and learn about civic responsibility. In 2025, BRI selected twenty students for the Student Fellowship, engaged more than 2,500 students in the MyImpact Challenge national contest, conducted regional civics fairs in New York, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida, and hosted forty-eight students at the Debate Leadership Institute.

    Expenses $1,857,591 · Grants $71,087

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ryan Stowers

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Zywicki

    Director/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Widger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristina Arriaga

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Humphrey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Cushing

    COO and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $318,010
    From this org
    $257,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,013
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,997
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,526
    Filer's total
    $318,010

  • David Bobb

    CEO and President

    Total calculated
    $478,009
    From this org
    $423,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,372
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,637
    Bonus
    $190,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,846
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,526
    Filer's total
    $478,009

  • Stan Swim

    Chief Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $300,996
    From this org
    $241,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,177
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,819
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,499
    Filer's total
    $300,996

  • Anthony Simone

    VP, Development

    Total calculated
    $199,697
    From this org
    $177,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,415
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,782
    Bonus
    $21,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,925
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,490
    Filer's total
    $199,697

  • Joanne McKinney

    VP, Human Resources

    Total calculated
    $214,911
    From this org
    $173,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,396
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,015
    Bonus
    $22,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,751
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,645
    Filer's total
    $214,911

  • Derrick Reed

    DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $165,484
    From this org
    $143,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,843
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,141
    Bonus
    $16,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,518
    Filer's total
    $165,484

  • Jennifer Seal

    DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $153,336
    From this org
    $134,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,157
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,679
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,950
    Filer's total
    $153,336

  • Kirk Higgins

    VP, Content

    Total calculated
    $197,268
    From this org
    $144,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,498
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,770
    Bonus
    $22,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,231
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,267
    Filer's total
    $197,268

  • Michael Torres

    SR. DIRECTOR, BUSINESS OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $137,115
    From this org
    $124,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,363
    Hours/week
    40

  • Scott Knowles

    DIRECTOR, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $148,199
    From this org
    $128,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,973
    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, 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $15,826,266
    Expenses
    $11,271,388
    Contributions
    $15,397,252
    Grants paid
    $261,590
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,751,649
    Expenses
    $9,691,444
    Contributions
    $9,300,929
    Grants paid
    $764,111
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,928,624
    Expenses
    $8,827,680
    Contributions
    $8,646,604
    Grants paid
    $227,013
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,687,126
    Expenses
    $8,120,588
    Contributions
    $7,421,573
    Grants paid
    $148,742

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
    $9,362,557
    Expenses
    $7,971,975
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,390,472

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,780,579
    Expenses
    $6,709,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,832,880

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,746,237
    Expenses
    $5,281,873
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,695,781

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,747,366
    Expenses
    $4,940,502
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,847,132

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,553,689
    Expenses
    $4,000,644
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,154,339

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,246,699
    Expenses
    $3,151,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,760,804

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,858,689
    Expenses
    $2,759,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,676,261

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,320,048
    Expenses
    $2,077,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,511,792

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,091,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,325,061

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,562,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,006,263

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2025 return

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.