Public Charity

COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, of WASHINGTON, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $12.9M in revenue, $9.1M in expenses, $15.3M in total assets. 114 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $20.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 521351785 WASHINGTON, DC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$12.9M
Total Expenses$9.1M
Total Assets$15.3M
Grant Records114
Funding Total$20.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE (CEI) IS A NON-PROFIT PUBLIC POLICY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE ENTERPRISE AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT CONSUMERS ARE BEST HELPED NOT BY GOVERNMENT REGULATION BUT BY BEING ALLOWED TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES IN A FREE MARKETPLACE.

Where $100 goes at Competitive Enterprise Institute

How Competitive Enterprise Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$26
Communications and outreachcei's communications and outreach department assists the cei policy centers with their efforts to disseminate research findings and analysis to various audiences including policymakers, news media…
33% of program spending
$16
Center for energy and environment cei's center for energy and environment makes the positive case for abundant energy and promotes environmental policies based on economic freedom, property rights…
21% of program spending
$15
Center for economic freedomcei's center for economic freedom addresses many of the industries and activities where long-established, and often paternalistic, regulatory policies tend to stymie the creation and…
19% of program spending

Plus 2 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR OF EVENTS Amanda France
VP OF ADMINISTRATION Carrie Diamond
DIRECTOR AS OF 04/25 Cathy Windels
DIRECTOR Dana Modzelewski
GENERAL COUNSEL Daniel Greenberg
FOR ENERGY AND ENVT, SR. FELLOW Daren Bakst - Dir Of Center

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$19,730,494 76 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$355,864 17 grants
Animal Welfare
$194,314 9 grants
Education
$53,234 6 grants
Human & Social Services
$12,100 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $12.9M $9.1M $15.3M
2024 $8.8M $8.6M $9.4M
2023 $10.1M $8.4M $10.0M
2022 $7.8M $6.7M $5.5M
2021 $6.7M $6.6M $4.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.7M to $12.9M (+91%), with total assets most recently reported at $15.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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