Institute for Spending Reform Inc

“Expenses bank & merchant fees 319 business registration fee 25 conference fees 1,268 event expense 1,706 it services 4,116 meeting expense 1,081 office supplies & expense 1,203 travel 2,869 website 18,912 non-investment depreciation 398 total 31,897”

“Computer equipment 1,990 1,990 less accumulated depreciation 658 1,056 total 1,332 934”

“The institute to reduce spending engages in and promotes rigorous academic research and scholarship on the subject of federal spending and budgeting. We seek to create a national, nonpartisan dialogue regarding spending reform by presenting information in a publicly accessible manner.”

“The institute to reduce spending compiles and tracks every congressional budget office score to show how much each member of congress has voted for and on what measures. We host the results on spendingtracker.org. To produce the latter, we contracted with designers and developers to produce a standalone site to show the results in real time.”

“The institute to reduce spending produces full-length research studies, regular policy briefs, and op-eds on various spending topics, with the goal of presenting complex policy easily and accessibly to a general audience. We began initial research on the topic of how the 1974 budget act has impacted federal spending and debt, identifying and contracting with a lead researcher. We also produced short pieces on agriculture policy, defense spending, budget reforms, transportation policy, and criminal justice reforms.”

“The institute to reduce spending fosters working relationships with other organizations, staff, and members of congress, in order to ensure our research reaches the largest possible audience. Our major research product was debt limit alternatives, an original study led by dr. Barry poulson and dr. John merrifield aimed at improving the nation's debt limit process and achieving fiscal responsibility.”