The Boyd Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922497210
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
5403418808
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,172
Expenses
$86,894
Assets
$281,255
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF GIESEA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEFF GIESEA (PRESIDENT)
  • TERRY DUNMIRE (SECRETARY)
  • JOHN WILKINSON (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The boyd institute is a think tank for america's future. Our mission is to advance bold solutions that shape the decades ahead. We also aim to change the political culture to solve real problems and build, instead of focusing on culture war noise and partisan bickering.

What it reported doing in 2025

Every few months, we run a focused "policy sprint" aimed at a major challenge shaping america's future. Inspired by design labs and rapid-fire innovation models, these sprints mix think-tank rigor with curiosity and experimentation to spark new conversations, surface insights, host events and debates, and generate practical solutions at the intersection of policy, technology, and commerce. Recent sprints have explored housing for young middle-income families, autonomous systems across land, sea, air, and space, new u.s. Africa strategies for diplomacy and investment, and innovation in the maritime sector.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2,639.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.24; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 75.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -148.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.