Policy Studies Organization FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Springfield, IL501(c)(3)Public & Societal BenefitEIN 23-7163011

See Federal Supporting Statement Number 42 attachment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$73K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $193K a year · 19% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$73K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$179K
64% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 64% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
81
of 81 voting members
Looks good: 81 of 81 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$945K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$911K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$99K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$945K
FY2021▲ +6%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$889K
FY2021$945K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.3M
Expenses
$911K
FY2021▼ -9%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$911K
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
Net assets
$99K
FY2021▲ +52%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$65K
FY2021$99K
FY2022−$189K
FY2023−$656K
FY2024−$785K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1973.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $681K Management & general 25% · $230K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $73K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$48,000Pt VII · Sec A
$25,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Gutierrez-Sandoval’s $120K as Exec Dir/Sec is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 731 $1–10M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Daniel Gutierrez-Sandoval$120,000$120,000$99,750$48,000$48,000
Rex H Kallembach———$25,000$20,000
Angela Matysiak——$6,688——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

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3 program services account for $681K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01

With 35 journals, often with ancillary video scanned conferences, cover many policy areas and are made free to more than 100 developing countries as well as increasingly available to everyone with open access provisions. Editors often provide scholarships to interns and teaching assistants with the help of their host institutions.

$455Kprogram expense
02

Westphalia Press with over 1,100 titles in print publishes new books by authors who otherwise would not be published, with no charges to them and encouraging their scholarship, and makes available inexpensive new editions of books which otherwise be unavailable to scholars and students, helping cirriculum for policy studies and tied to…

$147Kprogram expense
03

Eight international conferences a year with venues such as Oxford and the Society of Friends are co-sponsored with universities and other scholarly societies, using hybrid technology to reach many countries, and are free to provide venues for those who otherwise would not be able to participate.

$79Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $1.1M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$161,100
Unitemized GrantFY2023$245,275
Unitemized GrantFY2023$245,275
Unitemized GrantFY2022$322,405
Unitemized GrantFY2021$79,737
Unitemized GrantFY2020$66,077

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$945K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$916K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$23
Money outPt IX
$911K
Ln 25
Programscol B$681K
Managementcol C$230K
Owns and owesPt X
$99K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$53K
Total assetsLn 16$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$179K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a81
IndependentVI 1b81
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$29K
Government grantsLn 1e$29K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$916K
Investment incomeLn 3$23
Total revenueLn 12$945K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$53K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$53K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$221K
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$179K
Net assetsLn 32$99K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 614
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$24K$53K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$221K$221K
Total assetsLn 16$274K$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$208K$179K
Net assetsLn 32$65K$99K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$80K$80K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$48K$12K$36K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$89K$22K$67K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$4K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$27K
Office expensesLn 13$34K$34K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$51K$13K$38K
TravelLn 17$13K$12K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$87K$79K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K$217
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$368K$368K
All other expensesLn 24e$90K$90K
Total functional expensesLn 25$911K$681K$230K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.3M$1.4M−$129K−$785K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$1.5M−$467K−$656K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.0M$1.3M−$287K−$189K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $945K$911K$34K$99K 990 PDF
FY2020 $889K$1.0M−$118K$65K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $945,128 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$28,800
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$28,800
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $916,305$916,305
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $23$23
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $916,328 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$945,128
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $910,951 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $79,737$79,737
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $12,000 · Management $36,000$48,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $22,262 · Management $66,785$89,047
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,840 · Management $11,518$15,358
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,775$3,775
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $27,049$27,049
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $34,019$34,019
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $2,639$2,639
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,750 · Management $38,250$51,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,714 · Management $1,302$13,016
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $78,594 · Management $8,733$87,327
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,952 · Management $217$2,169
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $367,720$367,720
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $90,095$90,095
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $680,664 · Management $230,287 · Fundraising $0$910,951
Part X · Balance sheet $278,611 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $24,182$52,678
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $220,933$220,933
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $28,385$5,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $273,500$278,611
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $208,236$179,170
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $208,236$179,170
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $65,264$99,441
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $65,264$99,441
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $273,500$278,611
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $99,441 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$945,128
XI-2 Total expenses$910,951
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$34,177
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$65,264
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$99,441

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