Center for Immigration Studies
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| Center for Immigration Studies | |
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| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Top official: | Mark Krikorian, Executive Director |
| Year founded: | 1985 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims educate the public on immigration issues. The group, based in Washington, D.C., advocates for limiting the number of immigrants allowed in the U.S. each year.[1]
The nonprofit focuses its efforts on researching the impacts of legal and illegal immigration and sharing its findings with policymakers, the academic community, news media, and American citizens.
Mission
On the organization's 2017 tax returns filed with the IRS, the CIS listed the following organizational mission:[2]
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The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985, we have pursued a single mission - providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.[3] |
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Background
The CIS was is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. that seeks to limit U.S. immigration levels. The group focuses on conducting research and providing policy analysis to legislators.[1] The group's work examines the "social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States."[1] Between the CIS's founding in 1985 and August 2019, representatives of the group testified before Congress 125 times.[1]
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The CIS conducts research on immigration and the impact it has on the U.S. The reports, according to the group, are used to educate "policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens" on immigration. According to the CIS, the group's research indicates that "high levels of immigration are making it harder to achieve such important national objectives as better public schools, a cleaner environment, homeland security, and a living wage for every native-born and immigrant worker."[1] Thus, the organization's stance on immigration policy is to implement a reduction of the number immigrants allowed in the country and provide "a warmer welcome for those who are admitted."[1]
Leadership
As of August 2019, the website for the Center for Immigration Studies listed the following individuals as board members:[4]
- Peter Nunez, Chairman
- Bay Buchanan
- William W. Chip
- T. Willard Fair
- Carol Iannone
- Kent E. Lundgren
- Frank Morris Sr.
- Jan Ting
- Harry E. Soyster
- Daniel N. Vara, Jr.
Finances
The following is a breakdown of the Center for Immigration Studies's revenues and expenses as submitted to the IRS for the 2011 to 2017 fiscal years:
| Annual revenue and expenses for the Center for Immigration Studies, 2011–2017 | ||
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
| 2017[5] | $2,993,617 | $3,020,942 |
| 2016[6] | $2,902,940 | $2,816,435 |
| 2015[7] | $2,907,224 | $2,670,635 |
| 2014[8] | $2,772,885 | $2,361,993 |
| 2013[9] | $2,441,897 | $2,486,183 |
| 2012[10] | $3,005,303 | $2,308,274 |
| 2011[10] | $2,052,961 | $2,064,336 |
Tax status
The Center for Immigration Studies is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Its 501(c) designation refers to a section of the U.S. federal income tax code concerning charitable, religious, and educational organizations.[11] Section 501(c) of the U.S. tax code has 29 sections that list specific conditions particular organizations must meet in order to be considered tax-exempt under the section. Organizations that have been granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service are exempt from federal income tax.[12] This exemption requires that any political activity by the charitable organization be nonpartisan in nature.[13]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 CIS, "About Us," accessed October 17, 2016
- ↑ Pro Publica, "Center for Immigration Studies, Form 990 (2017), accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ CIS, "Staff List," accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Pro Publica, "IRS Form 990, Center for Immigration Studies (2017)," accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Pro Publica, "IRS Form 990, Center for Immigration Studies (2016)," accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Pro Publica, "IRS Form 990, Center for Immigration Studies (2015)," accessed August 26, 2019
- ↑ Guidestar, "IRS Form 990, Center for Immigration Studies (2014)," accessed October 17, 2016
- ↑ Guidestar, "IRS Form 990, Center for Immigration Studies (2013)," accessed October 17, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Guidestar, "IRS Form 990, Center for Immigration Studies (2012)," accessed October 17, 2016
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "Exempt Purposes - Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "Life Cycle of a Public Charity/Private Foundation," accessed July 10, 2015
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "Exemption Requirements - 501(c)(3) Organizations," accessed January 13, 2014
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