Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$52,795,464

Total expenses

$57,894,421

Contributions and grants received

$39,269,905

Grants paid

$3,482,661

Program service revenue

$13,055,609

Investment income

$340,106

Other revenue

$129,844

Total assets, end of year

$33,431,493

Total liabilities, end of year

$28,855,772

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,575,721

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$44,468,245

Management and general expenses

$12,398,129

Fundraising expenses

$1,028,047

Program service expenses (Part III)

$44,468,245

Program services were 76.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• IPA'S POLICY AND ADVISORY WORK SUPPORTED THE SCALING OF MULTIPLE COST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS. IN THE PHILIPPINES, IPA PARTNERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND YOUTH IMPACT TO SCALE AN INTERNATIONAL COST-EFFECTIVE PHONE TUTORING AND SMS-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAM, PROVEN THROUGH RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS AN EFFECTIVE REMEDIAL APPROACH TO STRENGTHEN FOUNDATIONAL NUMERACY.TOGETHER WITH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S GUIDE, IPA SUPPORTED RWANDA'S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO EXPAND THE STARS PROGRAM FROM 248 TO 345 SCHOOLS IN 2024. THE STARS PROGRAM IS AN INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE EDUCATION QUALITY IN RWANDA THROUGH PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION. IT BUILDS ON A PREVIOUS EVALUATION SUPPORTED BY IPA AND GUIDE, WHICH FOUND THAT PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS IMPROVED TEACHER PERFORMANCE PARTICULARLY IN CLASSROOM PRESENCE AND PEDAGOGY AND ENHANCED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, WITH NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TEACHER RECRUITMENT.

  Expenses $9,379,374 · Grants $685,478 · Revenue $13,200,267

• AS PART OF IPA'S SECTOR PROGRAMS, IPA'S PEACE & RECOVERY PROGRAM (P&R) AIMS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CONFLICT- AND CRISIS-AFFECTED POPULATIONS BY BUILDING THE EVIDENCE BASE ON REDUCING VIOLENCE AND FRAGILITY, PROMOTING PEACE, AND PREVENTING, COPING WITH, AND RECOVERING FROM CRISES. IN 2024, IPA LAUNCHED THE CITIZEN SECURITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE (CSRI), FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS. CSRI AIMS TO ADVANCE EVIDENCE ON TOPICS CENTRAL TO JUSTICE, CIVILIAN SECURITY, AND CRIME AND VIOLENCE REDUCTION ADDRESSING GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO STRENGTHEN JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND COMBAT ILLICIT ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $6,098,043 · Grants $1,473,576

• IPA HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO DIRECTLY RUN RIGOROUS FIELD RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY COST-EFFECTIVE AND SCALABLE PROGRAMS. ONE EXAMPLE RELATES TO CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION, ONE OF THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS OF REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY, BUT IN SOME CONTEXTS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN FAIL TO COMPLETE THEIR IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES. A SIMPLE, LOW-COST INNOVATION A COLORED BRACELET USED TO SIGNAL WHETHER A CHILD HAS INITIATED VACCINATION, PROGRESSED IN THE SCHEDULE, OR COMPLETED ALL FIRST-YEAR VACCINATIONS ON TIME WAS FOUND TO INCREASE TIMELY AND COMPLETE VACCINATION BY 13 PERCENTAGE POINTS. TO BUILD A PATH TO SCALE, IPA AND RESEARCHER ANNE KARING HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO INTEGRATE THE INTERVENTION INTO ROUTINE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES SUCH AS THE VACCINE SUPPLY CHAIN, AND TEST IT AT SCALE. IPA IS ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE NATIONAL AND DISTRICT CIVIL SERVICE TO BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO MANAGE THE INTERVENTION, REFINE TOOLS AND PROTOCOLS, AND CONDUCT IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH INTO HOW TO MOST COST-EFFECTIVELY DELIVER THE INTERVENTION AT SCALE IN SIERRA LEONE.

  Expenses $5,960,992 · Grants $727,057

• DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES HAVE TRANSFORMED HOW PEOPLE SAVE, BORROW, AND MAKE PAYMENTS ESPECIALLY IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. BUT RAPID INNOVATION HAS ALSO INTRODUCED NEW RISKS FOR CONSUMERS, INCLUDING HIDDEN FEES, FRAUD, OVER-INDEBTEDNESS, AND LIMITED AVENUES FOR RESOLVING PROBLEMS THAT ARISE. IN 2024, IPA CONTINUED TO BUILD EVIDENCE ON THE EVOLVING NATURE OF FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSOCIATED RISKS THROUGH OUR CONSUMER PROTECTION RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

  Expenses $4,668,748 · Grants $556,988

• IPA'S SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTERS WORKING TO MOVE HOUSEHOLDS OUT OF EXTREME POVERTY BY CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POOR. IPA WORKED WITH THE WORLD BANK'S GENDER INNOVATION LAB ON THE EFFECTIVE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS TO GAIN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (ESTEEM) FRAMEWORK, WHICH CLARIFIES WHICH SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS DRIVE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS AND PROVIDES FREE MEASUREMENT TOOLS AND RESEARCH INSIGHTS ON SKILLS TRAINING AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH POSITIONS IPA TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF EVIDENCE USING COMMON MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORKS WHILE GENERATING IMPLEMENTER-FRIENDLY INSIGHTS FOR EFFECTIVE PROGRAM SCALE-UP.

  Expenses $4,064,350

• OTHER PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $14,296,738 · Grants $39,562

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

  $360,457

  EVIDENCE SYNTHESES AND META-ANALYSIS- CAPITAL AND WOMEN'S LIVELIHOODS

• THE FREEDOM FUND

  $207,542

  THE FREEDOM FUND (BRAZIL)

• YALE UNIVERSITY

  $174,485

  CREATING A PANEL DATABASE ON ROHINGYA REFUGEES - COX'S BAZAR PANEL SURVEY (CBPS)

• UNIV OF PENN TRUSTE

  $127,091

  DISRUPTED AID DISPLACED LIVES

• COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL

  $115,673

  MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES (MHPSS) IN MYANMAR

• THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

  $110,972

  STANFORD UNIVERSITY (BANGLADESH)

• THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

  $104,138

  HTRI-HART UGANDA

• INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

  $95,056

  REBUILD

• THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

  $60,000

  THE EFFECTS OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CASH GRANTS AND COUPLES TRAINING

• BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS INC

  $51,429

  STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING NON-INSTITUTIONAL FRAUD AND BUILDING TRUST-NIGERIA

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202513169349300641

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