THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WORLD POLITICS: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WORLD POLITICS (EIN 20-0399302)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-04
IRS object ID: 202023099349301272
Schema version: 2019v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-04T11:37:49-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	540618213	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HANTZMON WIEBEL LLP CPA'S	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	818 E JEFFERSON ST PO BOX 1408	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHARLOTTESVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22902	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200399302	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE FOR	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	THE STUDY OF WORLD POLITICS	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	THOM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2025488556	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	160 N CAROLINA AVE SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	200031841	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AARON PRESNALL	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2025488556	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-10-27	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	EDWARD J SCHMITZ	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00551113	PTIN
Phone	4342962156	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	64.88.174.3	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-10-27	IPDt
IP Tm	14:32:52	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	1FC3E4A84745FBFB09B1967FA55BC668B2F96535	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	E9538BC3F0525391A8CC93800105F0DAB5BB155B	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	AARON PRESNALL	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	160 N CAROLINA AVE SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	200031841	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,214,455	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.JEFFERSONINST.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE JEFFERSON INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE. WE CREATE AND DEPLOY DIGITAL TOOLS AND INTEGRATE THEM WITH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY BY EMPOWERING ENGAGED ACCESS TO INFORMATION. WE DELIVER SOLUTIONS FOR ON-LINE LEARNING, DIGITAL HERITAGE, AND MAKING OPEN DATA EASY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	5	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$836,939	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,208,779	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$3,783	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$5,400	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$602	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$276	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$841,324	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,214,455	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$451,939	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$452,812	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$32,576	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$544,814	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$567,520	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$996,753	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,020,332	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$155,429	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$194,123	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,739,754	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,920,057	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$615,694	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$601,874	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,124,060	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,318,183	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE JEFFERSON INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE. WE CREATE AND DEPLOY DIGITAL TOOLS AND INTEGRATE THEM WITH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY BY EMPOWERING ENGAGED ACCESS TO INFORMATION. WE DELIVER SOLUTIONS FOR ON-LINE LEARNING, DIGITAL HERITAGE, AND MAKING OPEN DATA EASY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$217,671	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$5,400	RevenueAmt
Desc	RADLI: THIS PROJECT IS DEVELOPING DISTANCE LEARNING CAPABILITIES AS A TOOL OF SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IN SERBIA, BOSNIA, HERZEGOVINA, AND NORTH MACEDONIA.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$428,911	ExpenseAmt
Desc	MADLX: THIS PROJECT IS BUILDING THE FOUNDATION TO DELIVER MEASURES OF LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS AND RETURN ON INVESTMENTS IN MISSION REHEARSALS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$154,327	ExpenseAmt
Desc	VIKING 18: THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTING SWEDISH EFFORTS TO MATURE DISTANCE LEARNING AND LEARNING ANALYTICS INTO A LARGE COMPLEX CIVIL-MILITARY EXERCISE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$104,728	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION STATEMENT.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$104,728	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$905,637	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	RI	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	NL	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2025488556	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	160 N CAROLINA AVE SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	200031841	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
AARON PRESNALL
PRESIDENT/EX OFFICIO	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$210,000	$0	$25,392
EDWARD PAPENFUSE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SONJA LICHT
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DON BROWN
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAUL FREEDMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VAZIL HUDAK
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILJANA PRESNALL
VICE PRESIDENT	40.00		Yes (X)	$140,000	$0	$18,492

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$350,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$43,884	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$812,445	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$396,334	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,208,779	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$5,400	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,400	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$5,400	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$276	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$276	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,214,455	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,400	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$276	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$393,884	TotalAmt
Program Services	$338,647	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,698	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,539	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,602	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,711	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,661	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,230	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,326	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,060	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,866	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,400	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$232,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$220,020	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,831	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,117	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$112	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,185	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,809	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$376	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,681	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,525	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,375	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,781	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$108,258	TotalAmt
Program Services	$105,047	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,211	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,509	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,498	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,721	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,290	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,038	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,554	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,563	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,921	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,056	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,348	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$405	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$303	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PROJECT EQUIPMENT	$106,754	$103,392	$3,362
CURRENCY EXCHANGE LOSS	$14,725		$14,725
BANK FEES AND OTHER EXP	$2,422	$1,195	$1,227

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,020,332	TotalAmt
Program Services	$905,637	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$82,119	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,576	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$194,916	BOYAmt
EOY	$556,931	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$562,167	BOYAmt
EOY	$407,869	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,290	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,221	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,989	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,330,855	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$383,877	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$978,450	BOYAmt
EOY	$946,978	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,739,754	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,920,057	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,654	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,193	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$599,040	BOYAmt
EOY	$577,681	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$615,694	BOYAmt
EOY	$601,874	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,124,060	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,318,183	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,124,060	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,318,183	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,739,754	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,920,057	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$194,123	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,043,234	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$900,821	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$693,135	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$836,939	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,208,779	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,682,908	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,043,234	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$900,821	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$693,135	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$836,939	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,208,779	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,682,908	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,770,397	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,912,511	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$109	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$81	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,523	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$284	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,599	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$87,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$87,009	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,772,516	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$15,085	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.40070	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.24320	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CURRENCY EXCHANGE GAIN - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 87,009.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$432,900	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$432,900	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$769,506	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$256,502	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$513,004	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,674	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,674	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$125,775	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$124,701	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,074	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$946,978	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,199,730	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,199,730	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$14,725	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$14,725	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,214,455	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,005,607	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,005,607	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$14,725	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$14,725	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,020,332	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART X, LINE 2:	THE INSTITUTE HAS REVIEWED AND EVALUATED THE RELEVANT TECHNICAL MERITS OF EACH OF ITS TAX POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDANCE ESTABLISHED BY THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	CURRENCY EXCHANGE LOSS 14,725.
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	CURRENCY EXCHANGE LOSS 14,725.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	EUROPE	RegionTxt
Offices	1	OfficesCnt
Employee	12	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	PROGRAM SERVICES	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	RESEARCH AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH IT WORKS.	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$663,000	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	12	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	12	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$663,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$663,000	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 3:	ACCRUAL BASIS.
PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD:

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
AARON PRESNALL
PRESIDENT/EX OFFICIO	$210,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,492	$0	$6,900	$0	$235,392	$0	$0	$0
BILJANA PRESNALL
VICE PRESIDENT	$140,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,492	$0	$0	$0	$158,492	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 3	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE BOARD APPROVES THE OFFICERS' COMPENSATION ANNUALLY.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	THE PRESIDENT, AARON PRESNALL, IS MARRIED TO BILJANA PRESNALL, THE VICE PRESIDENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	BEFORE FILING, THE 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THE BOARD, AND THE AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANY DIRECTOR HAVING AN INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION IS REQUIRED TO MAKE A FULL DISCLOSURE OF THAT INTEREST AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR OR BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN ON THE TRANSACTION. VIOLATION OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY MAY CONSTITUTE CAUSE FOR REMOVAL OF A DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019, A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE DETERMINED THE COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18	THE FORM 1023 AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THOMAS JEFFERSON INSTITUTE IS PROUD TO HOLD THE "GUIDESTAR EXCHANGE GOLD SEAL" FOR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 28,959. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 12,413. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 41,372. OTHER STAFF COSTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 20,020. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 399. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 20,419. CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 171,041. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 171,041.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 2C	THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDIT COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT OF ITS ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT. THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.