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US nonprofit · EIN 520945376 · Bala Cynwyd, PAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 520945376) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Center for Independent Thought Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$3.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$3.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$6.5m
$891k liabilities
Net assets
$5.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
9.4 years on average
Staff
8
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Howard Rich
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Center for Independent Thought Inc's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Howard Rich ChairChairman2017
9 yrs
Anita AndersonDirector2017
9 yrs
David BoazVice President2017
9 yrs
John StosselDirector2017
9 yrs
Robert J Schimenz (also filed as Robert Schimenz)President2017
9 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Robert SchimenzPresident40$111k
Howard RichChairman1$0
John StosselDirector1$0
Anita AndersonSecretary1$0
Michael RicciDirector1$0
Scott BarbeeDirector1$0

About

Legal name
Center for Independent Thought Inc
EIN
520945376
Address
50 Monument Rd Ste 102, Bala Cynwyd, PA, 19004-1706
State
Pennsylvania
Mission
Center for independent thought seeks to expand awareness of individual liberty, free markets,and peace. Cit works with teachers, scholars, and free-market organizations to develop critical thinking and bring the ideas of liberty to freedom-loving people around the globe. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
V24Z Social science research
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Social Science
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1990
Principal officer
Robert J Schimenz (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 1998
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥9years on the filingsHoward Rich
≥9years on the filingsAnita Anderson
≥9years on the filingsDavid Boaz
≥9years on the filingsJohn Stossel

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$6.5m
Total liabilities
$891k
Net assets or fund balances
$5.6m
Contributions and grants received
$2.9m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$1.1m
Employees
8

Grants paid

2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Ludlow Institute$976k
Cato InstituteGeneral operations$100k