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PETER G PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

EIN 52-1226967 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$17,773,572
Expenses 2024
$16,529,676

Program services were 71.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V030
Classification
1200
Street
1750 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW

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

THE PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (PIIE) IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING PROSPERITY AND HUMAN WELFARE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY THROUGH EXPERT ANALYSIS AND PRACTICAL POLICY SOLUTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT RIGOROUS, INTELLECTUALLY OPEN, HONEST STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF INT'L ECONOMIC POLICY.

  • RESEARCH: THE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH TEAM PROVIDED OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS AND PRACTICAL PUBLIC POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON TOPICS INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENTS, FINANCE AND TAX POLICY; MACROECONOMICS; GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN WELFARE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYBERSECURITY; ECONOMIC SANCTIONS; ECONOMIC NATIONALISM; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS; MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY; CRITICAL MINERALS; THE ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS; THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, ESPECIALLY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO CHINA, EUROPEAN UNION, INDIA, JAPAN, KOREA, LATIN AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA (MENA), RUSSIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA TRADING BLOC.

    Expenses $7,325,378

  • OUTREACH: THE INSTITUTE HOSTED NUMEROUS PUBLIC EVENTS, IN-PERSON AND ONLINE, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND AROUND THE WORLD, TO SHARE OUR RESEARCH AND INVITE DISCUSSION. WE HOLD THESE SESSIONS TO INFORM A BROAD RANGE OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND ENCOURAGE VIGOROUS DEBATE AND EXCHANGE OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEWS TO ENRICH THE BROADER POPULATION'S UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX ISSUES. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED PIIE SCHOLARS AND OUTSIDE EXPERTS FROM ACADEMIA, THINK TANKS, EMBASSIES, GOVERNMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, THE WORLD BANK, THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS, THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM. THE AUDIENCE FOR THESE EVENTS CAME, SIMILARLY, FROM ACADEMIA, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE MEDIA.

    Expenses $2,511,174

  • PUBLICATIONS: TO SHARE THE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH WITH THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE, PIIE PUBLISHED OUR WORK ON OUR WEBSITE IN VARIOUS FORMATS, INCLUDING RESEARCH PAPERS, CHARTS, BLOGPOSTS, PODCASTS, AND VIDEO INTERVIEWS, ALL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. WE DISTRIBUTED THE WORK FURTHER THROUGH OUR WEEKLY EMAIL NEWSLETTER AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE RECORDED MILLIONS OF PIIE.COM WEB VIEWS AND MORE THAN 100,000 FOLLOWERS OF OUR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. INSTITUTE SCHOLARS ALSO WROTE OPINION ARTICLES FOR OUTSIDE PUBLICATIONS, GAVE SPEECHES TO VARIOUS GATHERINGS, AND PROVIDED EXPERT TESTIMONY AT THE INVITATION OF US AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICES. PIIE EXPERTS GAVE NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS TO JOURNALISTS AND WERE CITED BY MAJOR US AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, AS WELL AS BY REGIONAL AND LOCAL AMERICAN NEWS OUTLETS. OUR SCHOLARS SHARED THEIR FINDINGS WITH THE PUBLIC VIA TELEVISION, RADIO, ONLINE, TELEPHONE, EMAIL, IN PRINT, AND VIA NEWSWIRE SERVICES.

    Expenses $1,282,647

  • COMMUNICATIONS: THE INSTITUTE CREATES AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS, EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT TO DEEPEN THE PUBLIC'S AND POLICYMAKERS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES DISCUSSED.

    Expenses $699,077

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.

  • Mr Michael A Peterson

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Honorable Lawrence H Summers

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mr Stephen Freidheim

    CHAIR OF EXEC. COMM.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ms Caroline Atkinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Fred Bergsten

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Mark T Bertolini

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Neeti Bhalla Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Boland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Frank Brosens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Mark Carney

    BOARD MEMBER - UNTIL 03/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Jason Cummins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Barry Eichengreen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Roger W Ferguson Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Peter Fisher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Esther L George

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Evan G Greenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Maurice Hank R Greenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Kelly Grier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Herbjorn Hansson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr J Tomilson Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Stephen R Howe Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ms Merit E Janow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Hugh Johnston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Michael Klein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mr Ramon L Laguarta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $17,773,572
    Expenses
    $16,529,676
    Contributions
    $16,319,126
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,814,611
    Expenses
    $16,515,302
    Contributions
    $11,751,473
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,868,277
    Expenses
    $13,912,953
    Contributions
    $8,878,083
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,048,331
    Expenses
    $12,343,651
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,222,142
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,920,826
    Expenses
    $12,358,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $105,093,071
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,820,050
    Expenses
    $12,860,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,145,648
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,426,860
    Expenses
    $12,724,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,223,291
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,828,501
    Expenses
    $13,253,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,301,405
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,980,271
    Expenses
    $14,090,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,815,948

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.