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← PEACE DIRECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PEACE DIRECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$905,955
Total expenses
$842,022
Contributions and grants received
$903,398
Grants paid
$225,000
Program service revenue
$2,500
Investment income
$57
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$366,524
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,953
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$323,571
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$708,861
Management and general expenses
$83,947
Fundraising expenses
$49,214
Program service expenses (Part III)
$708,861

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $275,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $628,398

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $2,500 · related or exempt $2,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $57 · excluded $57

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $75,000 · program services $75,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $165,463 · program services $119,503 · management and general $37,688 · fundraising $8,272

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $207,424 · program services $149,806 · management and general $47,245 · fundraising $10,373

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,250 · program services $903 · management and general $285 · fundraising $62

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,027 · program services $25,803 · management and general $11,236 · fundraising $1,988

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,987 · program services $26,588 · management and general $3,721 · fundraising $1,678

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,937 · program services $6,687 · management and general $9,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,041 · program services $64,455 · management and general $86 · fundraising $9,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $950 · fundraising $950

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,679 · management and general $634 · fundraising $3,045

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,082 · management and general $27,082

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,146 · program services $3,763 · management and general $4,276 · fundraising $2,107

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,261 · management and general $6,022 · fundraising $11,239

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,796 · management and general $2,796

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,242 · management and general $2,242

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATION

    total $7,868 · program services $7,868

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,716 · program services $7,665 · management and general $51

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $2,153 · program services $12 · management and general $2,141

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALLOCATED OVERHEAD

    total $0 · program services $70,808 · management and general -$70,808

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $402,577 · end of year $271,505

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,443 · end of year $81,301

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,660 · end of year $4,395

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $15,024

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $7,701

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,305 · end of year $7,323

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $2,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,104 · end of year $9,306

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $134,610 · end of year $10,654

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,633 · end of year $22,993

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $103,321 · end of year $80,004

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $156,317 · end of year $243,567

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PEACE DIRECT IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS AND OTHER ALLIES TO SHIFT POWER AND RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE. WE BELIEVE THAT LOCAL PEOPLE SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF DEFINING AND DRIVING PEACEBUILDING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AT PEACE DIRECT, WE BELIEVETHAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE THE DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABLE PEACE.

  • SUPPORTING LOCAL PEACEBUILDERS: WE SUPPORT LOCAL PEOPLE ON THE FRONTLINES OF CONFLICT WHO ARE PREVENTING, RESPONDING TO, AND REBUILDING AFTER WAR. WE DO THIS THROUGH ACCOMPANYING PARTNERS IN CONFLICT AFFECTED COUNTRIES WHO WORK ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE REINTEGRATION OF CHILD SOLDIERS; STRENGTHENING THE WORK OF COMMUNITIES; ADVANCING THE LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, TO LIST A FEW.

    Expenses $38,492 · Revenue $2,500

  • ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH: WE ARE COMMITTED TO HOLDING SPACE FOR LOCAL VOICES TO BE HEARD IN INTERNATIONAL POLICYMAKING, AS WELL AS ADVOCATING ALONGSIDE LOCAL PEACEBUILDING PARTNERS FOR THE NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEY THEMSELVES IDENTIFY. WE ALSO WORK TO SHIFT SYSTEMS TO CENTER THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WE SEEK TO SUPPORT.

    Expenses $414,585 · Grants $150,000

  • THE LOCAL ACTION FUND (LAF):IS A SCALABLE, FLEXIBLE AND INNOVATIVE FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUPPORT FRONTLINE PEACEBUILDING EFFORTS IN SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND VOLATILE CONFLICTS WORLDWIDE. IT IS SUPPORTING LOCAL PEACEBUILDING EFFORTS ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. MORE THAN JUST A GRANT-MAKING PROGRAM, THE LAF IS AN APPROACH TO SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL PEACEBUILDING GROUPS WHO ARE OFTEN OPERATING BELOW THE RADAR OF MOST DONORS AND ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS FUNDING.

    Expenses $129,449 · Grants $75,000

  • DECOLONIZING AID: THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW STRUCTURAL RACISM EXISTS WITHIN THE PEACEBUILDING SECTOR AND BEYOND, TO DETERMINE ACTIONABLE WAYS THAT WE CAN DECOLONIZE AID, AND TO THEN SHARE THESE NEXT STEPS AND PUSH FOR WIDER CHANGE WITH ACTIVISTS, ADVOCATES, DECISION-MAKERS, AND FUNDERS.

    Expenses $124,194

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD A BROAD-BASED PUBLIC CONSTITUENCY WHO IS INFORMED, INSPIRED, AND ACTIVATED TO WORK FOR PEACE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHERS AROUND THE GLOBE.

    Expenses $2,141

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Quscondy Abdulshafi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Stacey Haefele

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Viq Pervaaz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anthony Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Colleen Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Evelyn Thornton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Elana Aquino

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $98,598
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $98,598
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nikki Duncan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Naimark-Rowse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kehinde Togun

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vahe Mirikian

    ACTING MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $66,867
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $66,867
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • THE MOVEMENT FOR COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT (MCLD)

    $150,000

    THIS GRANT, AND ANY INTEREST INCOME EARNED THEREON, SHALL BE USED TO DEVELOP,IMPLEMENT, AND COORDINATE MECHANISMS FOR LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY TO HELP SHAPE USAID'SLOCALLY LED DEVELOPMENT REFORMS. WHILE THIS GRANT IS TO BE RESTRICTED, AND INTENDED FOR USEFOR THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED HEREIN, THIS GRANT AWARD SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE CONTINGENTOR CONDITIONED UPON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ANY SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE BARRIER, UNLESS THATCONDITION IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE SPACE PROVIDED HERE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432509349300323

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