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Nonprofit · EIN 82-5484620

GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC

Tax-exempt · MARIETTA, GA 30066

Financials

$180K$172K2023$149K$127K2024$191K$211K2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$190,530$211,079-$20,549$500,089$0$500,089
December 31, 2024990$148,618$127,290$21,328$520,638$0$520,638
December 31, 2023990$179,626$171,712$7,914$499,310$0$499,310
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$174,807
Membership dues
$5,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15,723
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$0
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$0
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$1,000
Travel
$1,329
Program services (functional)
$157,593

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$520,638
Total assets, end of year
$500,089
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$500,089
Net assets without donor restrictions
$500,089
Gross receipts
$190,530
Employees
0
Volunteers
0
Year formed
2018
State of legal domicile
GA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Becky PatrickDirector
Trustee or director
1$9
Meredith RagainsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Gibson LanierDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Karla Reddings-AndrewsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kim RibbansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Eileen RumfeltDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Cheryl TubachDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Larry WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Scott FrankPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Michael WrightTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Michael HobbsSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Wade WalkerVice Chair
Trustee or director
7$0
Tarianna StewartVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Corrine SukiennikExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Barry BragerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
77 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Diane DurrrettDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Yuri EliezerDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
Justin BurnsDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Irina FaysDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Jim JohnsonDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Jerry LiuDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Gail PodolskyDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
John SearsDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Chris ArenaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Perry BinderDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Shawn BogerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Laura BrewerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Elizabeth CecereDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher ChanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Kenneth FranklinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Yaakov CitrinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Clint CrosbyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Anne FahrniDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chris HaggertyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Brenda HolmesDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jessica KeeseeDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Greg KirschDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chris LandrumDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jamie LeLieverDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jason LyeDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward MaurerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sander BiehnDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sam MullmanDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Daniel SinewayDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Britney SmithDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sam ZellnerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Mary AlbertsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Russell AllenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Peter CanalichioDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Umar BakhshDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
John AveryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Bruce BergerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Gia ComptonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Ashley CornelisonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Barry EtraDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Braxton DavisDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Paul LiuDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
Derek EberhartDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim ForbesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kristina ForbesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Yaniv HeledDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Laura HuffmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael FrnkaDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
Stephen KabakoffDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jonathan GoinsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Miles NiemanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
David NuckollsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Len PaganoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Daniela PerryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jamie GrahamDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher LightnerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kevin CranmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward KhaliliDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Susan RussellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
James LillardDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Andy McNeilDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
Jeff BlakeDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chasson CarrollDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim CorbittDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris CornelisonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris CurfmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Anthony BrannonDirector
Trustee or director
5$0
Lindsay SmithDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Sarah WilkeningDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Alexander GeeDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Ashley MengwasserDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Austin PadgettDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Yolanda PayneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Gage RamosDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0
West RichardsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
David SutherlandDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Maria Thacker GoetheDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 84 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Meredith RagainsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Art RecessoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Karla Reddings-AndrewsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kim RibbansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Eileen RumfeltDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Cheryl TubachDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Larry WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Scott FrankPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Michael WrightTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Michael HobbsSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Wade WalkerVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Tarianna StewartVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Corrine SukiennikExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Barry BragerDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Diane DurrrettDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Yuri EliezerDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Justin BurnsDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Irina FaysDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Jim JohnsonDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Jerry LiuDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Gail PodolskyDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
John SearsDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Chris ArenaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Perry BinderDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Shawn BogerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Laura BrewerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Elizabeth CecereDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher ChanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Kenneth FranklinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Yaakov CitrinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Clint CrosbyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Anne FahrniDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chris HaggertyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Brenda HolmesDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jessica KeeseeDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Greg KirschDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chris LandrumDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jamie LeLieverDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jason LyeDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward MaurerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sander BiehnDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sam MullmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel SinewayDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Britney SmithDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sam ZellnerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Mary AlbertsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Russell AllenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Peter CanalichioDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Umar BakhshDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
John AveryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Bruce BergerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Gia ComptonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Ashley CornelisonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Barry EtraDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Braxton DavisDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Isaac DolgovskijDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Derek EberhartDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim ForbesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kristina ForbesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Yaniv HeledDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Laura HuffmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael FrnkaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Stephen KabakoffDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jonathan GoinsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Miles NiemanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
David NuckollsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Len PaganoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Becky PatrickDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Daniela PerryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jamie GrahamDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher LightnerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kevin CranmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Edward KhaliliDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Susan RussellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
James LillardDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Richard WestDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jeff BlakeDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chason CarrollDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim CorbittDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris CornelisonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris CurfmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Anthony BrannonDirector
Trustee or director
5$0
Lindsay SmithDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Sarah WilkeningDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 82 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Meredith RagainsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Art RecessoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Karla Reddings-AndrewsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kim RibbansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Eileen RumfeltDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Cheryl TubachDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Larry WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Scott FrankPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Michael WrightTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Michael HobbsSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Wade WalkerVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Tarianna StewartVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Corrine SukiennikExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer
7$0
Barry BragerDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Diane DurrrettDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Yuri EliezerDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
David EramianDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Irina FaysDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Jim JohnsonDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Jerry LiuDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Gail PodolskyDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
John SearsDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Chris ArenaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Perry BinderDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Shawn BogerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Laura BrewerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Elizabeth CecereDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher ChanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Kenneth FranklinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Yaakov CitrinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Clint CrosbyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Anne FahrniDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chris HaggertyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Brenda HolmesDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jessica KeeseeDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Greg KirschDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Charles LandrumDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jamie LeLieverDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jason LyeDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Eric MaurerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Milan RuzickaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sam MullmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Daniel SinewayDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Britney SmithDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sam ZellnerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Mary AlbertsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Russell AllenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Brannon AnthonyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Umar BakhshDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
John AveryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Bruce BergerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Rob CherofDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Ashley CornelisonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Keith CowanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Braxton DavisDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Isaac DolgovskijDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Derek EberhartDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim ForbesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kristina ForbesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Yaniv HeledDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Laura HuffmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kaye Husband FealingDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Stephen KabakoffDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Nicole MorrisDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Miles NiemanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
David NuckollsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Len PaganoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Becky PatrickDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Daniela PerryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Laurie HoodDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Christopher LightnerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kevin CranmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Brian GilesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Susan RussellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim SchultzDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Kara SpechtDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jeff BlakeDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chason CarrollDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jim CorbittDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris CornelisonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris CurfmanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Elizabeth LesterVice-Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
3605 SANDY PLAINS RD STE 240 429, MARIETTA, GA 30066-3054
In care of
% SCOTT FRANK
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
Scott Frank, 5419 REDFIELD CIR, DUNWOODY, GA 30338
Signed the 990
Michael Wright, Treasurer
Phone
(404) 395-6606

Mission

GIPA exists to make IP less intimidating so that people can successfully bring their ideas to market. We provide the resources expertise and connections to ensure peoples ideas can become a profitable reality. Just when innovators and creators have become such a vital contributor of our economy and the need for IP has become more apparent IP has gotten a bad reputation. The need for someone to make sense of it all has become so important. GIPA makes IP less intimidating so that people can successfully bring their ideas to market. When people come in contact with us we can assure them that no one can provide better resources expertise and connections to ensure their ideas can become a profitable reality.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Intellectual Property Celebration is an event consisting of panel discussions key speakers and social events to discuss topics of interest to the intellectual property community and to provide venues for networking.
    Expenses $128,023 · revenue $112,176
  • Intellectual Property Legends Award is an event held every three years which awards individuals who have made an noteworthy contribution to the intellectual property eco-system in the State of Georgia
    revenue $5,000
  • Southeaster Intellectual Property Job Fair SIPJF is the largest job fair in the southeast dedicated to intellectual professionals. The job fair brings together law school graduates and firms around the US seeking intellectual property alliance lawyers.
    Expenses $5,745 · revenue $17,280
  • Consist of two other events. An Intellectual Property Leadership Award and a Startup Awards. The awards events gave monetary awards to individuals and or organizations showing leadership in support of the intellectual property community and had formed a startup company with a creative product respectively
    Expenses $23,825

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
82-5484620
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2018
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$500,089
Income (IRS master file)
$190,530

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$190,530$211,079$500,089XML
990December 2024$148,618$127,290$520,638XML
990December 2023$179,626$171,712$499,310XML
990December 2022$141,530$41,883$491,396IRS
990December 2021–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 82-5484620).

Questions about GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC

What is the EIN of GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC is 82-5484620.
Is GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2018.
Are donations to GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Scott Frank.
Who are the officers and directors of GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 92 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $9 (Becky Patrick, Director).
How much revenue does GEORGIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $190,530, expenses of $211,079 and total assets of $500,089 at year end.

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