Conservative Partnership Institute

The Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) is a United States-based conservative nonprofit organization. The stated purpose of CPI is the professional development of conservative staffers and elected officials. Under the leadership of Mark Meadows, since 2017 the nonprofit has grown sixfold to become the "nerve center" of the MAGA movement, bolstering notable figures such as U.S. Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, according to The Washington Post. The group has also held numerous "election integrity" summits in battleground states, advocating for changes to voting rules that will favor Republican candidates.

Background
The Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) was founded in 2017 by former US Senator Jim DeMint, who serves as the organization's chairman. Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to then-president Donald Trump, joined as a senior partner in January 2021. Trump's Save America PAC donated $1 million to CPI. A 2022 NPR investigation found CPI might be violating prohibitions on 501(c)(3) charities providing benefits to political parties by supporting candidates and groups aligned with the Republican Party.

"Patriot's Row" Washington DC Properties
Within the span of one year, limited liability companies connected to CPI purchased nine properties that are "steps" from each other in Washington D.C. Grid News refers to these purchasing entities as "shell companies". The total purchase price for these properties is $41 million. These properties are located two blocks east of the United States Capitol, which houses the U.S. Congress. The purchased properties, which CPI now controls, consist of "four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley. CPI's aim, as expressed in its annual report, is to transform the swath of prime real estate into a campus it calls 'Patriot's Row.

"Camp Rydin" Eastern Shore Compound
In December 2021, CPI purchased a 2,200 acre compound near the eastern shore in Cambridge, Maryland. Described as a "conservative Camp David" the lodge is "a place where conservatives can strategize and unite" and features marshland for hunting, fishing and kayaking as well as indoor tennis and basketball courts. Roughly a dozen congressional staff training events are held at the compound each year, including a "researcher bootcamp" and a "legislative director retreat".

The name of Edward Corrigan, the president of CPI, appears on public documents related to the property purchases. The companies involved in the purchases list Cameron Seward, CPI's general counsel and director of operations, as an officer on corporate filings, and give CPI's Independence Avenue headquarters as their principal address. Seward's name also appears on the purchasing companies' incorporation documents.

Finances
Finances for fiscal year 2021 (latest available) consist of: revenue of $45,707,730; expenses of $17,160,422; and donations of $45,027,954.