EIN 36-3309812

Heartland Institute

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
21
Year formed
1984
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
The Heartland Institute is an American conservative and libertarian public policy think tank founded in 1984 and based in Chicago.
Total revenues
$3,852,132
2022
Total expenses
$4,309,935
2022
Total assets
$1,389,619
2022
Num. employees
21
2022

Program areas at Heartland Institute

Publications: research, writing, and distribution of publications on public policy issues, in print and online. Heartland produced print and digital issues of two newspapers (environment & climate news, health care news) and digital versions of budget & tax news, school reform news, and rights, justice & culture news; for a total of 2,978 articles. In addition, The department produced one print quarterly newsletter (The heartlander) and nine weekly or biweekly email newsletters (climate change weekly, The leaflet, Heartland weekly, budget & tax news, environment & climate news , health care news, school reform news, stopping socialism, and life, liberty, property). Heartland has 13 websites, more than 480,000 fans of its facebook page, more than 78,000 twitter followers, and more than 95,000 subscribers on youtube.
Heartland hosted 13 conferences on climate change and two america first energy conferences since 2008 attended by more than 5,000 people.
Heartland representatives appeared in print, online, or on broadcast 4,957 times, reaching a print audience of 197.6 million readers. Heartland's podcasts were downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, and our videos got 3.5 million views.
Government relations: publications and events geared toward educating and informing local, state, and national elected officials about public policy issues. Heartland participated in conferences sponsored by The american legislative exchange council and testified before legislative committees in multiple states.expense: $445,250stopping socialism: stopping socialism is a project launched in 2018. Owned by justin haskins, co-director of The socialism research center at The Heartland Institute and The author of The amazon bestseller socialism is evil: The moral case against marx's radical dream (2018). Expense: $344,122

Who funds Heartland Institute

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Donors TrustFor General Operations$1,216,400
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$463,500
Sarah Scaife FoundationProgram Support in Health Care Freedom$200,000
...and 51 more grants received totalling $2,804,175

Personnel at Heartland Institute

NameTitleCompensation
Keely DrukalaDeputy Director of Communications and Chief Technology Officer
David HoytExecutive Director of Development$108,761
Jim LakelyVice President$188,386
Wanda L. DavisDirector of Administration
Cameron SholtyDirector of Government Relations , the
...and 18 more key personnel

Financials for Heartland Institute

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,822,898
Program services$19,024
Investment income and dividends$24
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$10,186
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$3,852,132

Form 990s for Heartland Institute

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-08-01990View PDF
2021-122022-07-06990View PDF
2020-122021-08-06990View PDF
2019-122021-11-08990View PDF
2018-122019-10-08990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 10 new grant, including a grant for $103,500 from American Endowment Foundation
October 8, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 37 new grant, including a grant for $908,500 from Donors Trust
August 1, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
May 13, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsResearch centersCharities
Issues
Social sciencesEducationPublic policy
Characteristics
Political advocacyConducts researchLobbyingFundraising eventsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
3939 N Wilke Rd
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Metro area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Website URL
heartland.org/ 
Phone
(312) 377-4000
Facebook page
HeartlandInstitute 
Twitter profile
@heartlandinst 
IRS details
EIN
36-3309812
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1984
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
V20: Social Science Research Institutes, Services
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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