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INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE

DENVER, COEIN: 84-0990300

Data sourced from IRS 990 public filings

INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE IS ESTABLISHED UPON THE ETERNAL TRUTHS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. FOUNDED IN 1985, THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE IS A NON-PARTISAN, NON-PROFIT PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, DEDICATED TO PROVIDING TIMELY INFORMATION TO CONCERNED CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC OPINION LEADERS. UNLIKE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHICH SEEK GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AS THE BEST SOLUTION TO PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES, THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE SEEKS TO EXPLORE ALL ALTERNATIVES, EMPHASIZING FREE MARKET, PRIVATE-SECTOR SOLUTIONS. THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE IS RECOGNIZED BY FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS SETTING A FREEDOM AGENDA FOR COLORADO AND THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH THE INSTITUTE'S POLICY CENTERS, AREAS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE ARE ADDRESSED WITH A DEDICATED FOCUS. THE CENTERS ALLOW POLICY MAKERS, THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA, ACCESS TO A CONCENTRATED EDUCATIONAL SOURCE OF EXPERTISE AND EDUCATION ON SPECIFIC POLICY AREAS.

General Population
National
Classical Liberal/Libertarian
Think Tanks & Policy Research
Free Market/Pro-Business
Public Policy & Civic Engagement
Regional (Multi-County/State)
Research & Evaluation

Annual Revenue

$2,298,705

Known Funders

48

Grants Received

81

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2024$2,298,705$2,287,154$6,277,667
2023$3,644,899$2,746,053$6,308,175
2022$3,977,476$2,713,541$5,396,578
2021$3,066,130$2,744,939$4,125,460
2020$2,662,306$2,967,428$3,786,992
2019$3,782,950$3,524,664$4,126,625
2018$3,196,031$3,518,479$3,819,480
2014$2,716,740$2,621,981$5,147,253

Top Funders

$825,000 (2021)
$267,000 (2021)
$267,000 (2023)
$218,000 (2023)
$152,500 (2022)
$150,000 (2023)
$150,000 (2021)
$147,500 (2021)
$113,500 (2021)
$100,300 (2022)

Showing top 10 of 48 funders.

Key Personnel

From 2024 IRS 990 filing

J

JON C CALDARA

PRESIDENT OF II

Officer
M

MIKE ROSEN

BOARD OF TRUSTEE

Officer
M

MARK HILLMAN

BOARD OF TRUSTEE

J

JOSEPH SMITH

BOARD OF TRUSTEE

C

CATHERINE SHOPNECK

CHAIRMAN

Officer
D

DICK WADHAMS

BOARD OF TRUSTEE

D

DEBORAH DONNER

BOARD OF TRUSTEE

Officer

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