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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING US.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,983,852
Total expenses
$9,885,842
Contributions and grants received
$9,967,936
Grants paid
$1,609,795
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$15,109
Other revenue
$807
Total assets, end of year
$2,735,717
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,299,408
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$436,309
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,778,949
Management and general expenses
$1,804,865
Fundraising expenses
$302,028
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,778,949

Program services were 78.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,842,659

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $125,277

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,190 · excluded $12,190

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,919

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,919

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,919 · excluded $2,919

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $807 · excluded $807

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $807

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,609,795 · program services $1,609,795

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,100,898 · program services $2,847,521 · management and general $991,029 · fundraising $262,348

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $69,283 · program services $47,805 · management and general $16,628 · fundraising $4,850

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $95,703 · program services $66,035 · management and general $22,968 · fundraising $6,700

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $79,824 · program services $41,102 · management and general $38,722

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,645 · program services $28,645 · management and general $55,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,237,540 · program services $1,940,749 · management and general $272,474 · fundraising $24,317

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $221,267 · program services $169,439 · management and general $51,572 · fundraising $256

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $233,722 · program services $87,209 · management and general $146,513

  • 17 · Travel

    total $607,597 · program services $532,755 · management and general $71,405 · fundraising $3,437

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,053 · program services $5,769 · management and general $26,284

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

    total $247,144 · program services $240,697 · management and general $6,447

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $116,722 · program services $31,624 · management and general $85,098

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEDIA PRODUCTION, WRITE

    total $104,850 · program services $84,005 · management and general $20,725 · fundraising $120

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGN

    total $45,799 · program services $45,799

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $112,357 · end of year $153,140

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,152,348 · end of year $1,511,096

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $396,395 · end of year $660,745

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,055 · end of year $68,396

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

    $40,681

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

    $40,681

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $193,679 · end of year $342,340

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $782,517 · end of year $907,945

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $764,018 · end of year $1,391,463

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $272,299 · end of year $416,961

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $66,000 · end of year $19,348

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING (IWPR) IS AN INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE IN CONFLICT ZONES, CLOSED SOCIETIES AND COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IWPR EMPOWERS LOCAL VOICES TO DRIVE CHANGE IN COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT, CRISIS AND TRANSITION. WHERE HATE SPEECH AND PROPAGANDA PROLIFERATE, AND JOURNALISTS AND CIVIC ACTIVISTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, IWPR PROMOTES RELIABLE INFORMATION AND PUBLIC DEBATE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. BY HELPING LOCAL VOICES TO BE HEARD, IWPR BUILDS PEACE, IMPROVES GOVERNANCE AND ADVANCES HUMAN RIGHTS. IWPR MAINTAINS EXTENSIVE LOCAL NETWORKS AND EXPERT PROGRAM TEAMS, MAKING IT UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO MOBILIZE THE POWER OF INFORMATION TO CREATE MORE STABLE, JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES.

  • MENA: IWPR OPERATED PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON TRAINING, MENTORING AND PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT TO JOURNALISTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS WORKING IN CONFLICT ZONES. THE DIGITAL SECURITY PROGRAM HELPS ENSURE THAT REPORTERS AND ACTIVISTS ARE ABLE TO ADVANCE THEIR WORK BY USING SOCIAL MEDIA SAFELY AND BY PREVENTING OUTSIDE ACCESS TO THEIR INFORMATION, DATA OR NETWORKS BY THOSE WHO THREATEN THEM.

    Expenses $2,912,152 · Grants $307,201

  • LAC: IWPR WORKS WITH JOURNALISTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGION, STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITIES TO CONDUCT FACT-BASED REPORTING, TO PROVIDE OBJECTIVE, UNBIASED AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTRY AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH MUTUAL SUPPORT NETWORKS.

    Expenses $2,830,253 · Grants $973,602

  • ASIA: WPR'S PROGRAMS IS IN ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, WHERE WE OPERATE ON PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON OPENING UP SPACE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN REPRESSIVE SOCIETIES, STRENGTHENING INDEPENDENT MEDIA NETWORKS AND PROMOTING PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE RUN UP TO LOCAL ELECTIONS.

    Expenses $1,806,840 · Grants $304,992

  • EUROPE: PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC GROWTH, PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE, AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BY STRENGTHENING CIVIL SOCIETY AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA.

    Expenses $229,704 · Grants $24,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Borden

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Ralph Isham

    US CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sir David Bell

    UK INTERNATIONAL CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Scott Malcomsom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sonya Vekstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ramsey Walker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Stephen Jukes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ali Reza Eshraghi

    SENIOR COUNTRY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,799
    From this org
    $144,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,145
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,654
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,145
    Filer's total
    $158,799

  • Seth D Meixner

    REGIONAL DIRECTOR MENA-LAC

    Total calculated
    $191,790
    From this org
    $148,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,633
    Filer's total
    $191,790

  • Asim Albert

    FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $181,516
    From this org
    $133,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,393
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,733
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,390
    Filer's total
    $181,516

  • Carlos Vahos

    FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $128,175
    From this org
    $100,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,669
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349311090

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