Public Charity

CICERO RESEARCH

Based in AUSTIN, TX, CICERO RESEARCH operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $13.3M in revenue, $6.1M in expenses, $27.0M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 20 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $16.8M.

EIN: 861325445 AUSTIN, TX Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: A05 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$13.3M
Total Expenses$6.1M
Total Assets$27.0M
Grant Records20
Funding Total$16.8M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

CICERO RESEARCH IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES, ALONG WITH ITS RELATED AND INDEPENDENT 501(C)(4) ORGANIZATION CICERO ACTION, AS THE CICERO INSTITUTE. CICERO RESEARCH'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES OF A FREE SOCIETY AND HIGHLIGHT THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY TO FIX BROKEN PUBLIC SYSTEMS AND LIFT UP MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

Where $100 goes at Cicero Research

How Cicero Research divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
Public policy research:Cicero Research undertook activities and made grants to educate the public about the importance of liberty, accountability, and transparency with respect to several policy areas such…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$3,400,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$582,200
2024
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$25,000
2023
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$1,900,800

Showing up to 5 of 20 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Aaron Webman
SENIOR FELLOW Adam Meier
DIRECTOR Blake Brickman
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bryan Sunderland
SENIOR FELLOW Chris Jones
DIRECTOR Clay Spence

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$16,326,500 16 grants
Health & Medicine
$250,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$235,300 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $13.3M $6.1M $27.0M
2023 $6.1M $3.6M $18.5M
2022 $14.8M $9.7M $14.2M
2020 — — —

Between 2022 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $14.8M to $13.3M (-10%), with total assets most recently reported at $27.0M.

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

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