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INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

EIN 52-1527835 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$54,102,511
Expenses 2024
$54,032,134

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q300
Classification
2000
Street
2000 M ST NW STE 850

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IFES IS DEDICATED TO EXTENDING DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE THROUGH PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN VOTER EDUCATION, ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW AND POLITICAL PROCESSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IFES IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO FACILITATE ELECTIONS, ENSURE ALL PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN POLITICAL PROCESSES, HALT CORRUPTION AND BUILD DEMOCRATIC TRUST, AND ENSURE THAT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS RATHER THAN UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY.

  • THE UKRAINE RESPONSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE POLITICS PROGRAM STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT POLITICAL COMPETITION IN UKRAINE IS FAIRER AND MORE TRANSPARENT, AND POLITICAL ACTORS ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF AND ACCOUNTABLE TO CITIZENS.

    Expenses $2,692,651 · Grants $54,670

  • THROUGH THE RISE PROJECT, IFES PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODIES, WORKS WITH DOMESTIC NGOS TO MONITOR GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN THE FIELD OF ELECTIONS, PROMOTES CIVIC LITERACY AND EDUCATION AMONG YOUTH THROUGH IN-SCHOOL CIVIC CLASSES AND TRAINING FOR INSTRUCTORS, SUPPORTS PROFESSIONAL POLITICAL FINANCE OVERSIGHT AND CAPACITY FOR EMBS AND OVERSIGHT BODIES ON ELECTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND WORKS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS.

    Expenses $2,594,431

  • THE DRC PROGRAM STRENGTHENS CENI'S CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AND ADMINISTER CREDIBLE ELECTORAL PROCESSES. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROMOTES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND OVERSIGHT, WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN, YOUTH, AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, IFES IS PILOTING ITS "SHE LEADS WOMEN" LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO BUILD PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY, ENHANCE THEIR ADVOCACY SKILLS, AND EMPOWER THEM TO SUPPORT GREATER INCLUSION IN POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL PROCESSES.

    Expenses $2,390,711

  • IFES PROVIDES TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STRENGTHEN TRANSITIONAL DEMOCRACIES AS WELL AS PROVIDE TECHNICAL ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE ACROSS MANY AREAS OF DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT. THESE INCLUDE EMPOWERING THE UNDERREPRESENTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, EDUCATION IN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE, CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW.

    Expenses $36,793,341 · Grants $2,319,174

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • M Peter McPherson

    BOARD CHAIR, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • William C Eacho

    CO-CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Theodore Sedgwick

    VICE CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Sarah Tinsley

    VICE CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Garvin Brown

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Randal C Teague

    SECRETARY, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Andrew Albertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Margaret Biggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lorenzo Cordova Vianello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kenneth A Cutshaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • June L Dehart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Danny Diaz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frank J Donatelli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Feltman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Irena Hadziabdic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steny Hoyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frederick S Humphries Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William J Hybl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Judith Kelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gregori Lebedev

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerry Moran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Attahiru Muhammadu Jega

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew S Natsios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Pelofsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laurie Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $54,102,511
    Expenses
    $54,032,134
    Contributions
    $52,880,319
    Grants paid
    $2,373,844
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $77,503,021
    Expenses
    $77,341,865
    Contributions
    $77,363,797
    Grants paid
    $5,680,526
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $77,964,041
    Expenses
    $79,210,610
    Contributions
    $77,824,809
    Grants paid
    $6,084,317

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $86,728,936
    Expenses
    $86,394,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,072,489

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $76,376,806
    Expenses
    $76,029,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,872,159

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $63,443,223
    Expenses
    $62,861,863
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,086,962

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $60,615,172
    Expenses
    $60,979,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,441,983

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,065,274
    Expenses
    $54,398,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,271,672

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,642,321
    Expenses
    $61,772,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,463,875

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,381,088
    Expenses
    $58,086,249
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,167,374

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $71,903,390
    Expenses
    $72,675,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,930,175

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,224,471
    Expenses
    $68,826,675
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,541,455

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $80,176,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,162,558

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

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Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

    ELECTION MANAGEMENT · CE · income $762,955 · assets $12,580

  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

    ELECTION MANAGEMENT · TZ · income $78,988 · assets $39

  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

    ELECTION MANAGEMENT · TS · income $673,771 · assets $134,454

  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

    ELECTION MANAGEMENT · PP · income $83,546 · assets $0

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.