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Screen a listThe Niskanen Center Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$10.0Mrevenue
FY2024 · −18% in 3 yrs47staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−4.0%
Months of reserve4.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+16.0%
Middle half of peersMedianNiskanen Center
Where the money goes FY2024 · $10M spent
Programs$8.9M86%Management and general$1.0M10%Fundraising$456k4%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 14% of revenue stopped after FY2021
The Rockefeller Foundation gave about $750k a year for three years, 14% of revenue in FY2021.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 92% in FY2022
$984k in FY2021, $83k in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$848k in FY2022 and −$399k in FY2024. Cash covers 4.2 months, under the peer median of 5.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 16% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort76funders
$5.8Ma year, last 3 years
17%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationEvery year since FY2017$850k$500k$800k$700k$1.3M$1.3M$350kThe Rockefeller FoundationOn and off$225k$375k$1.6MClimateworks FoundationOn and off$68k$500k$500kQuadriviumOn and off$250k$250k$500kLaura and John Arnold FoundationSince FY2020$500k$180k$50k$213kConrad N Hilton FoundationSince FY2021$340k$1k$500kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$410k$751k$307k$840k$368k$691k$1.1M47 other fundersUp to $570k a year each$136k$463k$1.1M$1.2M$1.7M$2.4M$3.5M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund