NonprofitsMercatus Center Inc

Social Science

Mercatus Center Inc

ARLINGTON, VA

Total revenue

$39.3M

Total expenses

$44.8M

Net assets

$32.4M

Grants received

$73.8M

272 grants

EIN

541436224

Tax year

2023

Mission

To bridge the gap between academic research and public policy problems.

Programs

5 programs

Applied Research- Conduct economic research of consequence that makes sense of public policy problems and puts forward solutions that maximize individual freedom and prosperity.

Expenses: $10.2MGrants: $744K

Student Programs - Support Graduate Students at George Mason University, training future scholars and decision-makers to advance and apply a research agenda for understanding institutions and change.

Expenses: $7.1MGrants: $1.8M

Communications - Improves the effectiveness of Mercatus outreach efforts, raises its public profile, and promotes its research and ideas to media and opinion shapers.

Expenses: $3.7MGrants: $5K

Outreach - Brings education in economic ideas to key decision-makers in the public policy process.

Expenses: $1.7MGrants: $94K

Public Affairs - Seeks to inform alumni, faculty, and supporters about the efforts of the Center and build communication that develops a network of individuals interested in liberty.

Expenses: $1.4M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$37.3M
Program service revenue$210K
Investment income$1.5M
Other revenue$340K
Total revenue$39.3M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.9M
Salaries & benefits$20.9M
Fundraising$2.1M
Other expenses$13.9M
Total expenses$44.8M
Total assets$36.8M
Net assets$32.4M

People

21 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Daniel Rothschild

Executive Director

Board

$504K

40 hrs/wk

Jennifer Zambone

Secretary & VP of Operations

Board

$263K

40 hrs/wk

Virgil Henry Storr

Director/ VP Academic & Student Programs

Board

$247K

40 hrs/wk

Gary Leff

Treasurer & CFO

Board

$195K

20 hrs/wk

Benjamin Klutsey

Executive Director

Board

$192K

40 hrs/wk

Tyler Cowen

Chairman

Board

$133K

1 hrs/wk

Donald Boudreaux

Director

Board

$96K

1 hrs/wk

Samuel Bowman

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Salen Churi

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Manuel Johnson

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Edwin Meese

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Emily Chamlee-Wright

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Brian Hooks

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Vernon Smith

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Katherine Boyle

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Richard Fink

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Daniel Butler

Senior Director of Development

Staff

$335K

40 hrs/wk

Veronique De Rugy

Senior Research Fellow

Staff

$316K

40 hrs/wk

Eileen Norcross

VP of Policy Research

Staff

$276K

40 hrs/wk

Alden Abbott

Senior Research Fellow

Staff

$236K

40 hrs/wk

Brian Knight

Director of Innovation and Governance

Staff

$233K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Salesforcecom

Cloud-based online software services

$189K

Hotel AKA Brickell

Event venue services

$154K

Direct Mail Marketing Group

Direct mail campaign services

$152K

Bluespark LLC

Consulting services

$141K

Christopher J Coyne

Academic lecture and program support

$126K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 272

FromAmountPurposeYear
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$250K
UNDERSTANDING & TEACHING THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE & BENEFITS OF FREEDOM
2024
$225K
TO CONDUCT AND PUBLISH NEW RESEARCH INTO LAND USE AND PERMITTING REFORMS, WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING THE HOUSING SUPPLY SHORTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION.
2024
$175K
To support a free enterprise conference
2024
$110K
for general operations
2024
$100K
ADAM SMITH PROGRAM AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
2024
$100K
General Administration
2024
$50K
SUPPORT ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
2024
$35K
for Marginal Revolution University
2024
$30K
F.A. HAYEK PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMICS
2024
$28K
EDUCATION
2024
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
for the Lima Conference
2024
$10K
general support
2024
$5K
SUPPORT FOR THE NEW PROGRAM ON PLURALISM AND CIVIL ENGAGEMENT.
2024
$1K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$1K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2024
$450
OPERATING EXPENSES
2024
$50
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$6.2M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1M
UNDERSTAND&TEACH THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMM RESILIENCE & THE BENEFITS OF FREEDOM
2023
$640K
TRAINING SCHOLARS ACROSS DISCIPLINARY LINES TO EXPLORE ADAM SMITHS APPROACH TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
2023
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$300K
To support general operations
2023
$250K
RESEARCH
2023
$250K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EMERGENT VENTURES AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.
2023
$231K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$200K
ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
2023
$200K
To support a free enterprise conference
2023
$125K
SUMMIT CONNECTING PNW PLURALIST LEADERS WITH A NATIONAL NETWORK
2023
$100K
General Administration
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$85K
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$81K
for general operations
2023
$69K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$63K
Program Support.
2023
$60K
TO RESEARCH AND CONVENE STAKEHOLDERS ON IMPROVING CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SCOREKEEPING OF PROGRAM INTEGRITY INVESTMENTS.
2023
$50K
CONTRIBUTION
2023
$50K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$30K
F.A. HAYEK PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMICS
2023
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$25K
for Marginal Revolution University
2023
$25K
EDUCATION
2023
$15K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$15K
UNRESTRICTED USE
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$6K
TO SUPPORT THE PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION FISCAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2023
$1K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$500
SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$400
EDUCATION
2023
$200
GENERAL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
2023
$120
GENERAL 7 UNRESTRICTED
2023
$50
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$9.1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$534K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$480K
TRAINING SCHOLARS ACROSS DISCIPLINARY LINES TO EXPLORE ADAM SMITHS APPROACH TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
2022
$360K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$300K
To support general operations
2022
$250K
RESEARCH
2022
$211K
ORIGINS OF LIBERTY
2022
$177K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$150K
RESEARCH
2022
$135K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$125K
RESTRICTED - ADAM SMITH PROGRAM FUTURE OF FREEDOM INITIATIVE
2022
$125K
To support a 2023 Summit on Free Enterprise
2022
$108K
for general operations
2022
$90K
F.A. Hayek Program
2022
$71K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$63K
The grant will be used to support a fellowship program focused on decentralized finance (DeFi) with the goal of building the first generation of researchers focused on DeFi and studying the policy implications of DeFi.
2022
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$50K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT 2022
2022
$50K
CONTRIBUTION
2022
$33K
F.A. HAYEK PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AND PDTA
2022
$28K
EDUCATION
2022
$25K
SUPPORT THE MARGINAL REVOLUTION UNIVERSITY IN WEST TEXAS AND THE PANHANDLE
2022
$25K
CHARITABLE - MARGINAL REVOLUTION UNIVERSITY
2022
$25K
TO SUPPORT THE MARGINAL REVOLUTION UNIVERSITY IN WEST TEXAS AND THE PANHANDLE
2022
$20K
UNRESTRICTED- GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
FUNDING PROVIDED TO CO-HOST A PLURALISM LAB ON THE TOPIC OF FREE SPEECH AND CONTENT MODERATION TO EDUCATE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS.
2022
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$15K
ADAM SMITH FELLOWSHIPS
2022
$12K
UNRESTRICTED USE
2022
$10K
GENERATE UNDERSTANDING OF FREEDOM
2022
$5K
TO SUPPORT THE PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION FISCAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
2022
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$5K
TOWARDS SUPPORT OF TRAINING TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS THROUGH MARGINAL REVOLUTION UNIVERSITY.
2022
$5K
INSPIRED FROM TUBESAT/CUBESAT BY THE INTERORBITAL SYSTEMS, A 1U CUBESAT WILL BE DEVELOPED, WHICH WILL THEM BE LAUNCHED TO THE STRATOSPHERE AND SUBORBITAL SPACE.
2022
$2K
OPERATIONS
2022
$2K
GENERAL FUND
2022
$1K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTON
2022
$1K
OPERATIONS
2022
$1K
TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY PROBLEMS
2022
$500
CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN MEANING OF CODE SEC (C)
2022
$500
SUPPORT
2022
$500
GRANT BENEFITS
2022
$200
UNRESTRICTED DONATION
2022
$200
GENERAL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
2022
$150
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$100
ENHANCE EDUCATION
2022
$100
SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$10
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$9.1M
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$2.3M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$250K
GRANTS
2021
$178K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$178K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$135K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT
2021
$125K
RESTRICTED - ADAM SMITH PROGRAM, FUTURE OF FREEDOM PROGRAM
2021
$115K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF EMERGENT VENTURES INDIA
2021
$100K
Support PPE Scholar Programs
2021
$25K
CONTRIBUTION
2021
$10K
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
2021
$10K
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
2021
$8K
ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
2021
$5K
TO SUPPORT THE PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION FISCAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
2021
$1K
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION TO WORK WITH POLICY EXPERTS, LOBBYISTS, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CONNECT ACADEMIC LEARNING AND REAL-WORLD PRACTICE.
2021
$1K
SUPPORT
2021
$1K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$1K
CHARITABLE
2021
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2021
$1K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE
2021
$800
SUPPORT NONPROFIT PURPOSE
2021
$700
General & Unrestricted
2021
$350
EDUCATION OF FREE MARKET
2021
$200
UNRESTRICTED DONATION
2021
$125
General Support
2021
$125
General Support
2021
$100
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
2021
$100
ENHANCE EDUCATION
2021
$10.1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$2.0M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$1M
FAST GRANTS
2020
$1M
GENERAL
2020
$1M
EMERGENT VENTURES
2020
$1M
FAST GRANTS
2020
$750K
general support
2020
$533K
WORK, SELF-GOVERNANCE, AND THE CHALLENGE OF UNSUSTAINABLE DEPENDENCY
2020
$350K
RESEARCH
2020
$300K
To support monetary policy reform efforts
2020
$300K
GENERAL OPERATING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$291K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$250K
SUPPORT FOR EMERGENT VENTURES: SEED FUNDING FOR EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS
2020
$200K
FELLOWSHIPS
2020
$185K
for general operations
2020
$178K
WORK, SELF-GOVERNANCE, AND THE CHALLENGE OF UNSUSTAINABLE DEPENDENCY
2020
$150K
To Support the Adam Smith Fellowship
2020
$150K
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON CURRENT TOPICS IN TECHNOLOGY POLICY PERTAINING TO ONLINE CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND MARKET POWER OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.
2020
$132K
GENERAL DONATION
2020
$119K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$100K
for general operations
2020
$100K
COVID-19 research
2020
$100K
Support PPE Scholar Programs
2020
$100K
ADAM SMITH PROGRAM AND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - FOR THREE ACADEMIC YEARS
2020
$90K
F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study
2020
$65K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$60K
TO BE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS: $56,000 FOR THE ADAM SMITH FELLOWSHIP AND $4,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2020

Funded by

$73.8M from 122 funders · 272 grants · 2017–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$34.5M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$8.8M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$5.1M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$3.5M · 4 grants · 2019–2023

John Templeton Foundation

$3.4M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$2.1M · 1 grant · 2020

The Skoll Foundation

$2M · 2 grants · 2020

Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated

$1.6M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN541436224
NTEE codeV22Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1988-03
Formed1987
Employees233
Volunteers9
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