Cerge-Ei Foundation

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New York, NY501(c)(3)InternationalEIN 25-1725738Revenue $3.7M in FY2024

On file with the IRScerge-ei.cz26 Broadway, 10004-1703 · New York, NYTax-exempt since Jan 1995Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To promote economics education and research in the post-communist countries of central and eastern europe including the former soviet union.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $116K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$315K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 63% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$244K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.7M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$3.7M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$11.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.7M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$3.7M
Expenses
$3.7M
FY2024▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$3.2M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$3.7M
Net assets
$11.5M
FY2024▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.3M
FY2021$12.9M
FY2022$10.8M
FY2023$12.0M
FY2024$11.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 1995.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $3.3M Management & general 4% · $160K Fundraising 8% · $285K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $315K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$162,000Pt VII · Sec A
Member/Research Fellowship
$53,319Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Administrative Director
$46,485Pt VII · Sec A
Member/Visiting Professor
$38,147Pt VII · Sec A
Member/Visiting Professor
$15,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member/Teaching Fellows Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tony Claudino’s $162K as President and CEO is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tony Claudino$162,000$168,000$166,243$118,750—
Prof Ing Stepan Jurajda PHD$53,319$28,823$46,502$42,948—
Jan Svejnar$38,147$48,147$48,147$48,147$47,513
Randall K Filer—$31,456$47,184$47,184$47,184
Filip Kaspar$46,485$46,920$31,283$23,569—
Stepan Jurajda————$44,675
Gerald Roland$15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000—
Gerard Roland————$15,000

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

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

Programs and updates

Promotes economics education and research in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe.

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3 programs · $3.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The cerge-ei teaching fellowships support western-trained graduate students and post-doctoral teachers in the effort to expand the teaching of modern market economics to undergraduates in a region where it was previously unknown.

$1.4Mprogram expense
02

Support for the cerge-ei doctoral program in economics for promising students from the former soviet bloc and other developing nations that is totally tuition free, building a base of knowledge and expertise in modern market economics in a region where it was previously unknown.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

The undergraduate program in central european studies is an american junior-year study-abroad program designed to expand U.S. Students' education in the study of central europe and to further expand knowledge of the cerge-ei program through american academia.

$779Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $25K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$13,200
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$940K
Money outPt IX
$3.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.3M
Managementcol C$160K
Fundraisingcol D$285K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$553K
Total assetsLn 16$11.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$244K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$49K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$940K
Gains on assetsLn 7$16K
Total revenueLn 12$3.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$553K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$553K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Total assetsLn 16$11.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$244K
Net assetsLn 32$11.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 69
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$553K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.9M$11.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$12.3M$11.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$359K$244K
Net assetsLn 32$12.0M$11.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$25K$25K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.6M$1.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$198K$79K$40K$79K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$48K$34K$5K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1K$789$161$322
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$7K$1K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$8K$3K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$14K$7K$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$27K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$405K$326K$61K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$803$904
Information technologyLn 14$9K$4K$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$18K$8K$3K$6K
TravelLn 17$26K$4K$2K$20K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$50K$50K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$729$903
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.1M$124K
All other expensesLn 24e$35K$12K$9K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.7M$3.3M$160K$285K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3.7M$3.7M$18K$11.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$4.3M−$614K$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.6M$4.4M$178K$10.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.3M$3.2M$93K$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.9M$3.2M−$256K$12.3M 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,729,138 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,812,303$1,129,788
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,264,900$1,659,680
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $590,584$939,670
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,109$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,669,896$3,729,138
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,095,464$1,639,030
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $302,812$274,363
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,885,524$1,797,782
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,283,800$3,711,175
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$613,904$17,963
Part VI · Governance 11 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,729,138 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,129,788
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$48,594
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,129,788
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,659,680$1,659,680
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $923,937$923,937
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $15,733$15,733
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,659,680 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $939,670$3,729,138
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,711,175 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $25,200$25,200
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,613,830$1,613,830
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $79,251 · Management $39,626 · Fundraising $79,251$198,128
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $34,308 · Management $4,570 · Fundraising $9,138$48,016
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $789 · Management $161 · Fundraising $322$1,272
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,284 · Management $1,015 · Fundraising $2,031$10,330
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,842 · Management $2,925 · Fundraising $5,850$16,617
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $7,123 · Management $3,492 · Fundraising $3,352$13,967
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $26,547$26,547
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $325,761 · Management $61,292 · Fundraising $17,589$404,642
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,636 · Management $803 · Fundraising $904$3,343
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,394 · Management $2,154 · Fundraising $2,068$8,616
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,280 · Management $3,240 · Fundraising $6,480$18,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,625 · Management $1,747 · Fundraising $20,368$25,740
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $50,070$50,070
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $729 · Management $903$1,632
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,925$1,925
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,084,669 · Fundraising $123,545$1,208,214
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,962 · Management $9,391 · Fundraising $13,733$35,086
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,266,753 · Management $159,791 · Fundraising $284,631$3,711,175
Part X · Balance sheet $11,777,433 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,296,818$553,272
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $72,770$33,991
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,430$728
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $10,834$26,814
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,658$3,026
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $10,920,625$11,159,602
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $12,314,135$11,777,433
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $80,705$52,850
X-18 Grants payable$6,892
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $277,885$184,710
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $358,590$244,452
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,710,984$4,019,471
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $7,244,561$7,513,510
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,955,545$11,532,981
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $12,314,135$11,777,433
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,532,981 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,729,138
XI-2 Total expenses$3,711,175
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$17,963
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,955,545
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$440,527
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,532,981

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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