WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER (EIN 91-1752769)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-10-28
IRS object ID
202133019349302813
Schema version
2020v4.1
Source
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Anne Cowles
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John Connors
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Walter Schlaepper
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Irene Song
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Dan Absher
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Mark Pinkowski
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Heidi Stanley
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Martha Lee
Director1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Benjamin Petter
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Sarah Rindlaub
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Janet True
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Kevin Bouchey
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Adam Wray
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Jo Anne Estes
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Kathy Connors
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Kate Lampson
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Roberta Weymouth
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Hon Mary Odermat
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John S Otter
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$2,472,350BOYAmt
EOY$3,027,005EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$1,905,410BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewYes (1)AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,005,121CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,980,663CurrentTaxYearAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,005,121CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,980,663CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$17,270,291TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Public Support Total170$16,724,248PublicSupportTotal170Amt

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$45,490CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$52,483CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$62,229CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$15,930CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$215,849TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$17,486,140TotalSupportAmt
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Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$81,333FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$81,333FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,705,949FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$2,787,282FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$289,364FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$72,341FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$0FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$281,435CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$304,011CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$317,791CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$289,364CurrentYearAmt
Total$1,192,601TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,788,902LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$107,905CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$129,856CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$122,851CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$81,333CurrentYearAmt
Total$441,945TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$70,359CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$76,003CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$79,448CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$72,341CurrentYearAmt
Total$298,151TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$447,227GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,782,377BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$3,800ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$198,410InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$3,845OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$1,980,742EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$804,216BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$781,659ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$295,987InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$99,485OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$1,782,377EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$924,216BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Other Expenditures$120,000OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$804,216EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$838,216BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$141,000ContributionsAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$5,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$50,000OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$924,216EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$926,368BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$100,100ContributionsAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$5,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$183,252OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$838,216EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.95770BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.04230PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.00000TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$166,894OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$136,979DepreciationAmt
Book Value$29,915BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$29,915TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4:Board designated funds are intended to be used for program enhancement. Permanent endowment funds are intended to be maintained to provide a permanent source of income. Term endowment funds are intended to be used for the development and enhancement of various research centers.
Part X, Line 2:The Internal Revenue Service has determined that the Center is exempt from federal income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). As such, it is subject to income taxes only on unrelated business income. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Center had no unrelated business income and, accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes has been reported in the financial statements.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Annual DinnerEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$1,241,794GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$1,241,794CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$47,945RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$10,459FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$107,456EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$107,551OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$1,241,794GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$1,241,794CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$47,945RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$10,459FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$107,456EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$107,551OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$273,411DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$273,411NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
Scholarships5$20,000Scholarships for students enrolled in higher education.
Video Contest Awards4$5,000Awards to winners of video contest.

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe amount of the scholarship(s) given is in our financial records. We require candidates to submit their transcripts which shows they are enrolled in an institution of higher education, i.e., a college or university. The selection criteria is to award a recipient or recipients who embody the ideals of Jennifer Dunn Thomson. Scholarship funds are sent directly to the grantees' education institution to ensure funds are used for educational purposes. For the contest, participants were asked to create videos that exemplifies how the free-market has helped their life.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Daniel Mead Smith
President$226,105$0$0$0$0$0$6,900$0$19,362$0$252,367$0$0$0
Paul Guppy
Director$140,095$0$0$0$0$0$3,100$0$19,073$0$162,268$0$0$0

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Gull Industries LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionEntity partially owned by Janet TrueRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$116,028TransactionAmt
TransactionRental of office space at FMVTransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2John and Kathy Connors are a married couple and are both members of the board of directors of the Washington Policy Center (see Form 990, Part VII). Neither of these individuals received any compensation or other benefits from the organization during the year ended December 31, 2020.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bThe 990 return will be emailed to the organization's Executive Committee for review and each member will email a response back indicating they have reviewed and believe the return is accurate.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cThe organization requires Board members to annually fill out a form disclosing any possible conflicts of interest. The forms are reviewed, and possible conflicts of interest are followed up in accordance with the organization's conflict of interest policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A: The Board's Executive Committee determines the compensation for the organization's President at an annual review held in December. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B: The Board's Executive Committee confirms the compensation for all employees after the president meets individually with each employee for an extensive annual review. The Executive Committee members use their business experience to help determine compensation. In addition, they are given a salary history for each employee. State Policy Network, a think tank trade association in which WPC is a member, releases the results of a salary survey so that organizations can know what other organizations their size pay for particular positions. The committee uses this survey to determine compensation. The committee may alter the compensation for any employee.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public by request if required by law.

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