Public Charity

The Center for Election Innovation & Research

The Center for Election Innovation & Research, of Washington, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $2.0M in revenue, $3.5M in expenses, $17.4M in total assets. 24 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $78.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 813815137 Washington, DC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.0M
Total Expenses$3.5M
Total Assets$17.4M
Grant Records24
Funding Total$78.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CEIR seeks to restore trust in the American election system and promote election procedures that encourage participation while ensuring election integrity and security.

Sample Grants Received

2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$114,140
2024
Civic Participation
$100,000
2024
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$31,250
2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$101,190
2023
ELECTION OFFICIAL LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK
$100,000

Showing up to 5 of 24 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Project Lead Angela Pitha
Research Director Christopher Mann
Executive Director & President David Becker
Board Member Deborah Enix-Ross
Board Member Elizabeth Yang
Operations Director Jacob Kipp

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Civil Participation
$69,550,000 2 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$3,907,438 6 grants
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$2,056,750 4 grants
PUBLIC SERVICE
$700,000 1 grant
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
$675,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.0M $3.5M $17.4M
2024 $9.4M $2.9M $18.7M
2023 $2.8M $3.1M $11.7M
2022 $23.4M $18.6M $13.4M
2021 $56.9M $51.1M $28.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $56.9M to $2.0M (-97%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.4M.

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