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← UNIVERSAL PEACE FEDERATION USA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNIVERSAL PEACE FEDERATION USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,657,558
Total expenses
$1,401,679
Contributions and grants received
$1,638,054
Grants paid
$293,210
Program service revenue
$4,972
Investment income
$14,532
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$813,527
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,795
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$803,732
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,264,160
Management and general expenses
$137,519
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,264,160

Program services were 90.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $61,062

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,576,992

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Conference Fees

    total $4,972 · related or exempt $4,972

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,532 · excluded $14,532

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $293,210 · program services $293,210

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,015 · program services $123,771 · management and general $47,244

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $74,976 · program services $50,315 · management and general $24,661

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $488 · management and general $488

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,253 · program services $15,900 · management and general $8,353

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $363,431 · program services $353,357 · management and general $10,074

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,088 · program services $15,727 · management and general $16,361

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,169 · program services $5,753 · management and general $22,416

  • 17 · Travel

    total $273,233 · program services $267,984 · management and general $5,249

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $140,816 · program services $138,143 · management and general $2,673

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,691 · end of year $9,588

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $541,548 · end of year $803,939

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,386 · end of year $9,795

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $547,853 · end of year $803,732

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of Universal Peace Federation USA, Inc. (UPF USA) is to provide national grassroots leadership in promoting education, peace and community service initiatives affecting family and community renewal. UPF USA advances this mission by co-hosting and participating in conferences such as the American Leadership Conference series, award ceremonies such as National Parents of the Year and Ambassadors for Peace Awards, and youth volunteer programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UPF USA promotes education and faith-based peace and community service initiatives affecting family and community renewal.

  • In FYE March 2025, UPF USA conducted solely or co-sponsored, national, regional and international programs including Parents of the Year awards, Ambassadors for Peace appointments, the Peace Road, Interfaith Prayer, intercultural programs, and youth education programs. The goal of all these programs is to strengthen cooperative relationships in the community, including dialogues between government and citizens, members of different faith traditions and races.Our several online webinars included Stopping the Violence which encourages the efforts of anti-violence leaders around the country to curtail gun violence and reduce crime in cities. The Washington Brief webinar series focuses on geopolitical peacebuilding and security issues in the Indo-Pacific, Europe and Middle East. Our International Media Association for Peace webinars focus on the role of the free press to support social and cultural values that keep a free society healthy and functioning. The International Association for Peace and Economic Development webinars highlight global economic and trade issues. And finally, the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development hosts a monthly webinar on religion's peacemaking role, as well as a weekly interfaith prayer webinars participated in by the all the world's faith traditions. Together with international programs, these projects aim at encouraging higher moral values, service to others and harmony within the family and community. UPF USA supports the renewal of the United Nations by sponsoring events commemorating UN special observances, including the International Day of Peace, World Interfaith Harmony Week, International Day of Women, and International Day of Families. UPF USA chapters commemorate these days with a variety of programs in which we join hands with representatives of different faiths and social groups who also support these observances. UPF USA was a major participant and co-organizer with other not-for-profit organizations in the creation of international events, including the Peace Summit in Korea in May 2025; the International Religious Freedom Summit in February 2025, where members of the world's faith traditions join hands to protect people worldwide who are persecuted for their beliefs. UPF USA's role in these international conferences included inviting participants and providing logistical and administrative support.UPF USA addresses peaceful cooperation and unity in society and community in various areas through seven major associations. They are International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP), Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD), International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP), International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED), International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP), International Media Association for Peace (IMAP) and International Association of First Ladies for Peace. (IAFLP) and International Association of Arts and Culture for Peace (IAACP). In FYE 2025, UPF USA continued to support the peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula through educational programs and series of webinars.

    Expenses $1,264,160 · Grants $293,210 · Revenue $4,972

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Michael Jenkins

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $94,654
    From this org
    $94,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Tomiko Duggan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $43,758
    From this org
    $43,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Dr Ki Hoon Kim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Thomas McDevitt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Emiljun Rapada

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $32,603
    From this org
    $32,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620459349300537

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