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BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH

EIN 86-0597661 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2024
$12,677,478
Expenses 2024
$8,162,349

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W050
Classification
1000
Street
500 E CORONADO RD

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.

  • ERIC CROWN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BARRY GOLDWATER JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • RANDY P KENDRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN COTTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTOPHER GLEASON

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GROVER NORQUIST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHARLES LAWRENCE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TOM HATTEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DOUGLAS DUCEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • VICTOR RICHES

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $299,338
    From this org
    $287,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,027
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $287,311
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,027
    Filer's total
    $299,338

  • ROGER ZETAH

    CFO/CORP SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $131,995
    From this org
    $104,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,166
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTINA SANDEFUR

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $229,598
    From this org
    $207,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,136
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,388
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,074
    Filer's total
    $229,598

  • TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

    VP FOR LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $236,004
    From this org
    $213,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,576
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,428
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,628
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,948
    Filer's total
    $236,004

  • JONATHAN RICHES

    VP FOR LITIGATION & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $194,753
    From this org
    $186,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,987
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,766
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,477
    Nontaxable benefits
    $510
    Filer's total
    $194,753

  • MICHAEL BROWNFIELD

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $184,030
    From this org
    $163,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,644
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,386
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,638
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,006
    Filer's total
    $184,030

  • MATTHEW BEIENBURG

    DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION POLICY

    Total calculated
    $195,156
    From this org
    $166,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,169
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,987
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,646
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,523
    Filer's total
    $195,156

  • CHRISTOPHER THOMAS

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $171,847
    From this org
    $165,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,616
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,231
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,106
    Nontaxable benefits
    $510
    Filer's total
    $171,847

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
    $12,677,478
    Expenses
    $8,162,349
    Contributions
    $11,437,596
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,686,371
    Expenses
    $7,625,402
    Contributions
    $30,730,984
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,843,232
    Expenses
    $5,506,812
    Contributions
    $6,430,311
    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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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.