Center for National Independence in Politics

The Center for National Independence in Politics creates Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Elections Policy
Location: Des Moines, IA View on map
Tax ID: 85-0364261
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $2,253,332 Revenue: $941,346 Expenses: $1,477,997

The Center for National Independence in Politics creates Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $2,253,332 $941,346 $1,477,997 View
2024 $2,790,688 $1,284,872 $1,549,142 View
2023 $2,881,773 $646,287 $1,688,152 View
2022 $3,904,159 $1,391,939 $1,428,487 View
2021 $4,105,796 $1,250,166 $1,396,059 View
2020 $3,787,995 $2,588,553 $1,306,658 View

Prior year filings: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 24

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Dr Kyle D DellPRESIDENT$147,115

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $2,806,426
  • Number of Grants: 380
  • Number of Funders: 103

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$50,0002021 Community Foundation for Greater BuffaloUNRESTRICTED USE
$45,0412020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$32,3072020 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support
$30,4002020 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.International, foreign affairs
$28,5582022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$27,2002021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
$26,2652022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
$26,1862021 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support
$25,4162022 PayPal Giving FundGENERAL SUPPORT
$23,6952024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
$16,0752021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$16,0002021 The Dudley FoundationAs per grant application
$15,6732023 PayPal Giving Fund
$15,0002021 Vanguard CharitableFOR RECIPIENT'S EXEM
$14,9922023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$14,0002022 Vanguard CharitableFor recipient's exempt purpose
$12,1002023 Vanguard CharitableFOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$10,8002024 Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES
$10,6752023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
$6,2502021 The Sumners FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$5,9072024 American Endowment FoundationEDUCATIONAL
$5,5002022 The Dudley FoundationAs per grant application
$5,2822024 PayPal Giving FundGENERAL SUPPORT
$5,1352021 American Online Giving Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
$5,1002021 American Endowment FoundationEDUCATIONAL

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