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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $439K · expenses $441K · assets $1K

EIN
32-0538396
Address
4075 WILSON BLVD STE 310, ARLINGTON, VA 22203-2160
NTEE code
B90
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2018
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Mission

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Robert Boyd DIRECTOR2018-2025 1 $0 reported 2
Bradley Lips PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR2018-2025 1 $0 reported 3
Katherine Price SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR2018-2025 1 $0 reported 2

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT BOYD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02
BRADLEY LIPS PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR5 $0$0$0 $03
KATHERINE PRICE SECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$439,496$441,101 $1,495$1,495 $439,496$0 -05
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$169,100$168,871 $3,100$3,100 $169,100$0 -05
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$485,700$492,108 $2,871$2,871 $485,700$0 -05
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$346,360$343,077 $9,279$9,279 $346,360$0 -05
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$386,020$390,292 $135,996$135,996 $386,020$0 -05
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$406,380$267,659 $140,268$140,268 $406,380$0 -05
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$180,000$179,482 $1,547$1,547 $180,000$0 -05
2018 · Form 990 period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$236,825$217,462 $37,840$829 $236,825$0 -05

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,401,300 in all, tax years 2010 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2018-2024 7$625,300 2024$187,000
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2018-2022 5$620,000 2022$100,000
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CHASE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs” 2010-2024 15$126,000 2024$6,500
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ATLAS ECONOMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2023 1$30,000 2023$30,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $441,101 spent · pay $0 · grants $437,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $437,000$437,000-- 99.1%
Fees: accounting $2,471$0$2,471$0 0.6%
Fees: legal $1,220$0$0$1,220 0.3%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $410$0$410$0 0.1%
Total$441,101100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $168,871 spent · pay $0 · grants $159,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $159,000$159,000-- 94.2%
Fees: accounting $4,887$0$4,887$0 2.9%
Fees: legal $4,430$0$111$4,319 2.6%
Other (as described)BANK FEES $410$0$410$0 0.2%
Other (as described)OTHER EXPENSES $144$0$144$0 0.1%
Total$168,871100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $492,108 spent · pay $0 · grants $488,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $488,000$488,000-- 99.2%
Fees: accounting $2,231$0$2,231$0 0.5%
Other (as described)OTHER EXPENSES $1,877$0$427$1,450 0.4%
Total$492,108100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $343,077 spent · pay $0 · grants $334,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $334,000$334,000-- 97.4%
Other (as described)OTHER EXPENSES $6,113$0$293$5,820 1.8%
Fees: accounting $2,964$0$2,964$0 0.9%
Total$343,077100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $390,292 spent · pay $0 · grants $383,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $383,000$383,000-- 98.1%
Other (as described)OTHER EXPENSES $5,916$0$428$5,488 1.5%
Fees: accounting $1,376$0$1,376$0 0.4%
Total$390,292100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $267,659 spent · pay $0 · grants $260,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $260,000$260,000-- 97.1%
Other (as described)OTHER EXPENSES $5,023$0$340$4,683 1.9%
Fees: accounting $2,636$0$2,636$0 1.0%
Total$267,659100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $179,482 spent · pay $0 · grants $170,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $170,000$170,000-- 94.7%
Other (as described)OTHER EXPENSES $7,481$0$338$7,143 4.2%
Fees: accounting $1,260$0$1,260$0 0.7%
Fees: legal $741$0$741$0 0.4%
Total$179,482100%

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2018 · Form 990 · $217,462 spent · pay $0 · grants $209,600 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $209,600$209,600-- 96.4%
Fees: legal $4,342$0$4,342$0 2.0%
Fees: accounting $2,018$0$2,018$0 0.9%
Fees: other services $1,334$0$1,334$0 0.6%
Other (as described)CSC $120$0$120$0 0.1%
Office expenses $48$0$48$0 0.0%
Total$217,462100%

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