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Lpe Collective Inc

EIN 82-1713227 · Buffalo, NY

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair67 out of 100GovernanceGood71 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

Points to look into

  • It reported a significant diversion of its assets during the year.
  • Only 43% of its spending went to programs.

These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.

What it says it does

The LPE Collective organizes workshops, a scholarly publication, and other activities bringing together academics and allies committed to understanding and changing the ways law shapes, and is shaped by, struggles for power and value.

Income
$207,058
Spending
$229,434
Spent on programs
43%
Reserves
8.1 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%
Employees
1
Volunteers
50
Highest pay
$23,628, board member

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 67 out of 100. Higher than 32% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 8.1 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    4 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 11% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 36% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    0 of 15

    43% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    5 of 6 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • No reported misuse

    0 of 10

    Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (7)
  1. $54,710 spent. With grant support from the University of California Berkeley School of Law, the LPE Collective produces the Journal of Law and Political Economy, which published four issues in 2025, including two special issues on climate change topics. The 2025 issues featured 22 articles, 9 book reviews and several essays, generating over 65,000 online views and downloads. The Journal also hosted two graduate student fellows.
  2. $14,434 spent. In July 2025, we co-organized and co-produced the Global Law and Political Economy Summer Academy, an intensive skill-building workshop for 20 students and faculty over four days in Roccella Jonica, Italy. The program featured roundtable discussions, writing workshops, a cultural excursion, a case study session, master class, and career mentorship sessions.
  3. $8,937 spent. As part of our Global LPE Network program, the LPE Collective supported the Law and Society Associations Collaborative Research Network on Law and Political Economy by organizing over 219 participants across 56 panels and roundtables for that organizations May 2025 annual meeting in Chicago, along with an informal networking event. We also produced a separate intensive full day workshop at the University of Chicago, the Law and Political Economy of Social Reproduction, with four panels of scholars and over 30 participants.
  4. $8,703 spent. The LPE Collective collaboratively produced two student-centered workshops in the third year of our ongoing APPEAL series, Heterodox Economics Meets Law and Political Economy. In April 2025, the workshop convened in New Haven, CT featuring a scholarly panel on Third World Internationalism, a masterclass on methods in Law and Political Economy, and emerging scholar paper presentations. In November 2025, this workshop convened at John Jay College in New York City with over 90 participants, featuring lectures on the politics and democratizing possibilities of antitrust and accounting, a methodology session, and emerging scholars research presentations.
  5. $6,061 spent. In July 2025, our Global LPE Network program produced an intensive writing workshop at McGill University in Montreal for 20 scholars focused on interdisciplinary analysis of socioeconomic policy in Latin America, North America, and other regions. The event included an informal networking gathering and a business meeting of leaders in the Law and Political Economy in the field to explore future international and interdisciplinary collaborations.
  6. $5,217 spent. This was the first full year sponsoring and editing the Law and Political Economy ejournal, which we launched in fall 2024 as part of the Legal Scholarship Network Social Science Research Network (SSRN) research paper series. This ejournal compiles abstracts recent LPE papers monthly from many disciplines and global regions, featuring over 30 papers monthly.
  7. Through our APPEAL program, we held 6 sessions of our online reading and discussion series, What is Capitalism, which has been ongoing since 2020.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since January 2018.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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