Form 990
The annual information return most US tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, including think tanks, must file with the IRS, disclosing revenue sources, major donors above certain thresholds, and expenditures, publicly searchable through free nonprofit-filing lookup services.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The annual information return most US tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, including think tanks, must file with the IRS, disclosing revenue sources, major donors above certain thresholds, and expenditures, publicly searchable through free nonprofit-filing lookup services.
The annual information return most tax exempt organizations must file with the IRS, publicly disclosing revenue, expenses, executive compensation, and program activity. Public by law, covered in Section 3W.
The annual public information return US tax-exempt organizations file with the IRS, commonly used to check a nonprofit's or think tank's funding
The annual information return most tax-exempt nonprofit organizations file with the Internal Revenue Service, often disclosing board composition and finances, useful for the legitimacy screen in Section 3O and 3S.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Think Tanks, White Papers, and Academic Engagement, Disclosed and Durable · The Long Game: Narrative Infrastructure, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- Opposition Research Defense: The Vulnerability Audit and Preemptive Disclosure · Defensive Operations, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- Building Your Position: Appointments, Sponsorship, Service, and Presence · Access, Built Ethically, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- Charity appeals and the disaster that makes you hurry · Everyday Transaction Scams, Senior AI Scam Defense
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Form 990 starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Reads bills and rules like a practitioner, compares options with costs and unintended effects, and writes briefs a decision-maker can act on.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Tracks the policy fight over AI infrastructure: data center siting, grid interconnection, energy and water duties, and who pays for the buildout.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- AI Policy Analystneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: EU Energy Efficiency Directive data centre reporting.
One interview question about it
Give me the one-page version of a complex AI policy question, written for a decision-maker with ten minutes.
Asked of candidates for policy analysis and decision-ready writing. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Legal and paralegal work carries it as work you can show: Memos, briefs and drafted terms are your record.
- Policy, legislative and government affairs staff carries it as work you can show: Briefs, memos and comparisons are your portfolio.
- Recent graduate in law, policy, business or data carries it as a claim to back up: Research and analytical writing from your degree.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.