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POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH CENTER INC

EIN 81-0393444 BOZEMAN, MT

Revenue 2024
$6,780,569
Expenses 2024
$4,424,844

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W20F
Classification
1000
Street
2048 ANALYSIS DR STE A

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.

  • BRIAN YABLONSKI

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $405,827
    From this org
    $373,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,564
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,263
    Bonus
    $92,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,314
    Filer's total
    $405,827

  • RUPERT MUNRO

    COO

    Total calculated
    $255,774
    From this org
    $228,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,788
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,486
    Bonus
    $28,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,314
    Filer's total
    $255,774

  • JONATHAN WOOD

    VP OF LAW & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $241,999
    From this org
    $215,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,694
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,305
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,380
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,314
    Filer's total
    $241,999

  • SHAWN REGAN

    VP of Research

    Total calculated
    $189,304
    From this org
    $166,523
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,781
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,823
    Bonus
    $14,700
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,573
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,208
    Filer's total
    $189,304

  • JOHN WLEZIEN

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $174,474
    From this org
    $161,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,546
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,323
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,105
    Filer's total
    $174,474

  • HANNAH DOWNEY

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,474
    From this org
    $117,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,787
    Hours/week
    40

  • SARAH LUTIGER

    DIRECTOR OF OP.

    Total calculated
    $114,437
    From this org
    $101,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,041
    Hours/week
    40

  • TRAVIS BRAMMER

    DIR. OF CONSERVATI

    Total calculated
    $113,250
    From this org
    $100,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,954
    Hours/week
    40

  • LOREN BOUGH

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT CLEMENT

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILL PRICE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER COSTELLO

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY DENNIS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM PUTNAM

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY RIESCHEL

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HENRY BUTLER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD LEVINE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES HUFFMAN

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KC WALSH

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINALD BROWN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTINA KENDALL

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS WRIGHT

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISABEL BEHNCKE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $6,780,569
    Expenses
    $4,424,844
    Contributions
    $6,352,881
    Grants paid
    $124,365
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,931,884
    Expenses
    $3,486,180
    Contributions
    $5,691,224
    Grants paid
    $13,800
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,005,952
    Expenses
    $3,218,065
    Contributions
    $4,912,651
    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

  • PETRICH FAMILY

    $60,000

    2024 PARADISE VALLEY

  • STATE POLICY NETWORK

    $20,000

    2024 OUTREACH

  • NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE

    $12,500

    2024 OUTREACH

  • MCFARLAND - WHITE RANCH

    $12,000

    2023 CONSERVATION INNOVATION LAB

  • BIM KENDALL HOUSE - UNI OF WY

    $10,000

    2024 CONSERVATION INNOVATION LAB

  • THEODORE ROOSEEVELET CONSERVA

    $10,000

    2024 OUTREACH

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.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.