2026-06-08T07:36:06-05:00 2025-12-31 872525370 CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC 2 BETHESDA METRO CENTER SUITE 910 BETHESDA MD 20814 990 2025-01-01 522079266 PHOENIX CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL & ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC PHOE 2022740235 5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE NORTHWEST 4 WASHINGTON DC 20015 LAWRENCE J SPIWAK PRESIDENT 2022740235 2026-06-04 1 AMANDA ADAMS P00748038 3016549000 2026-06-04 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LAWRENCE J SPIWAK 5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE NORTHWEST 4 WASHINGTON DC 20015 1296247 0 X WWW.PHOENIX-CENTER.ORG X 1998 DC THE PHOENIX CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1998 WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENTS OF THE ECONOMIC AND MATERIAL IMPLICATIONS OF REGULATORY AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE CENTER SUPPORTS OBJECTIVE, SOLUTIONS-BASED ACADEMIC RESEARCH UNENCUMBERED BY POLITICAL HYPERBOLE, PARTISANSHIP, AND IDEOLOGICAL AGENDAS. ITS WORK IS GROUNDED IN FACT, LAW, AND ECONOMIC THEORY. 4 2 2 0 0 0 1015000 1295000 0 0 1238 1247 0 0 1016238 1296247 631 891 0 0 918456 945771 0 0 72796 202769 200903 1121856 1147565 -105618 148682 345637 495492 6989 8162 338648 487330 X THE PHOENIX CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1998 WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENTS OF THE ECONOMIC AND MATERIAL IMPLICATIONS OF REGULATORY AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE CENTER SUPPORTS OBJECTIVE, SOLUTIONS-BASED ACADEMIC RESEARCH UNENCUMBERED BY POLITICAL HYPERBOLE, PARTISANSHIP, AND IDEOLOGICAL AGENDAS. ITS WORK IS GROUNDED IN FACT, LAW, AND ECONOMIC THEORY. 0 0 979999 891 THE PHOENIX CENTER FOR ADVANCED LEGAL & ECONOMIC PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES (WWW.PHOENIX-CENTER.ORG) IS A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT STUDIES BROAD PUBLIC-POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO GOVERNANCE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF THE DIGITAL AGE. IN 2025, THE PHOENIX CENTER MAINTAINED A ROBUST RESEARCH AGENDA WHICH CONTRIBUTED POSITIVELY TO THE POLICY DEBATE. ALL OF THE PHOENIX CENTER'S RESEARCH MAY BE DOWNLOADED FREE FROM ITS WEBPAGE AND FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK.KEY PUBLICATIONS IN 2025:- ONE (1) POLICY PAPER.- NINE (9) POLICY BULLETINS.- SIX (6) POLICY PERSPECTIVES.- TWO (2) LAW AND ECONOMICS IN BRIEFS.- FOUR PHOENIX CENTER PAPERS WERE PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN PEER-REVIEWED ACADEMIC JOURNALS, INCLUDING CONCURRENCES, THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS LAW JOURNAL, THE JOURNAL OF REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC CHOICE.- PHOENIX CENTER STAFF HAD SEVEN (7) OP-EDS AND ESSAYS IN AN ASSORTMENT OF OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE YALE JOURNAL ON REGULATION AND THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY BLOG.- PHOENIX CENTER STAFF AUTHORED A CHAPTER IN THE FORTHCOMING RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON DIGITAL REGULATORY AGENCIES (EDWARD ELGAR).IN 2025, CITATIONS TO PHOENIX CENTER RESEARCH COULD BE FOUND IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS SUCH AS ECONOMIC INQUIRY, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, THE REVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STABILITY, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, INFORMATION ECONOMICS AND POLICY, INFORMATION & MEDIA, PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY, FRANCHISE LAW JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ANALYSIS AND SOCIAL CHANGE, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY IN MEDICINE, FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION STUDIES, BEHAVIOR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM, NOTRE DAME JOURNAL ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND PRACTICE, THE HOUSTON LAW REVIEW AND THE TEXAS TECH LAW REVIEW, AMONG OTHERS.PHOENIX CENTER STAFF WERE INVITED TO PRESENT OUR RESEARCH AT A VARIETY OF CONFERENCES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING PARTICIPATING ON A PANEL AT THE NARUC WINTER POLICY SUMMIT, SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY TECHFREEDOM AND CEI ENTITLED "BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN TO ROAST THE PIG: CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS OF FTC, FCC AND DOJ INTERFERENCE IN MEDIA AND SPEECH," PARTICIPATING IN A CAPITOL HILL SEMINAR SPONSORED BY THE GW COMPETITION & INNOVATION LAB ENTITLED "FREE SPEECH AND ANTITRUST: WHO CONTROLS THE PUBLIC SQUARE?", MODERATING A FEDERALIST SOCIETY WEBINAR ENTITLED "LITIGATION UPDATE: FTC V. MICROSOFT, AND PARTICIPATING IN A ROUNDTABLE SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL ENTITLED "THE NEW VIDEO MARKETPLACE: UPDATING THE LAW FOR CHANGING TIMES?"THE PHOENIX CENTER FILED TWO (2) AMICUS BRIEFS WITH ASSORTED COURTS.BOTH THE CENTER'S CHIEF ECONOMIST AND PRESIDENT REMAIN IN THE TOP 1% OF DOWNLOADED AUTHORS ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK.KEY LEADERSHIP ROLES:- LAWRENCE SPIWAK (PRESIDENT) SERVES AS CO-CHAIR OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR ASSOCIATION'S COMMITTEE FOR THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS LAW JOURNAL AND ALSO SERVES ON BOTH THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ANTITRUST PRACTICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING INDEPENDENT, ANALYTICAL RIGOR TO POLICY DEBATES, EMPHASIZING FACT-BASED RESEARCH OVER POLITICAL RHETORIC. THEIR WORK SPANS BROAD PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO GOVERNANCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DIGITAL AGE'S LEGAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. THE PHOENIX CENTER CONTINUES TO PROMOTE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM WHILE FOSTERING OPEN DEBATE ABOUT FUTURE POLICY DIRECTIONS. 979999 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X LAWRENCE J SPIWAK 2022740235 5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE NW STE 440 WASHINGTON DC 20015 LAWRENCE J SPIWAK PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 364500 0 89210 GEORGE FORD PHD SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT/CHIEF ECONOMIST 40.00 X X 364500 0 89210 DARYL BASSETT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JERRY B DUVALL DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 729000 0 178420 2 0 1 0 0 1295000 1295000 1247 1247 1296247 0 0 1247 X 891 891 907420 771306 68057 68057 38351 32599 2876 2876 20055 20055 127919 126000 1919 19689 17721 984 984 9381 9381 2040 1836 102 102 3954 3954 1405 1405 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 15536 13982 777 777 DATA ACQUISITION 924 924 1147565 979999 94770 72796 154413 303021 191224 192471 345637 495492 6989 8162 6989 8162 X 338648 487330 338648 487330 345637 495492 148682 0 X 0 0 0 X 935928 902513 947000 1015000 1295000 5095441 935928 902513 947000 1015000 1295000 5095441 3520522 1574919 306 427 1231 1238 1247 4449 12 12 5099902 0.30880 0.33580 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME - 2022 AMOUNT: $ 12. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 LAWRENCE J SPIWAK PRESIDENT 161000 0 203500 0 0 0 46500 0 42710 0 453710 0 0 0 GEORGE FORD PHD SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT/CHIEF ECONOMIS 161000 0 203500 0 0 0 46500 0 42710 0 453710 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 BONUSES WERE PAID IN 2025 BASED ON PERFORMANCE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B REVIEW OF FORM 990: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE DELEGATED REVIEW OF THE FORM 990 TO THE PRESIDENT/TREASURER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IT DOES PROVIDE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING & RESEARCH: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 126,000. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 126,000. OTHER FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,919. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,919.