POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

V250

Classification

2800

Street

1120 19TH ST NW STE 504

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

• International Programs: PRB has a diverse portfolio of international work contributing to our goal of transforming population data into clear insight, credible evidence, and decisions that improve lives. Under the Momentum Knowledge Accelerator (MKA) project, PRB enhanced measurement of complex health topics and knowledge sharing among implementing partners and staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve maternal, child, and primary health outcomes in nearly 40 countries. Under the USAID PROPEL Health project, PRB produced the 2024 World Population Data Sheet, a reliable tool downloaded by thousands worldwide, and supported evidence-based local policy solutions for more equitable and sustainable health services, supplies and delivery systems in priority countries. Under the USAID Stawisha Pwani project, PRB strengthened local health governance in four Kenyan counties by promoting strategic use of data for evidence-based decision-making, budget transparency, and youth engagement. Under the Counting Women's Work program, PRB partners with a West African research center to quantify unpaid care work and inform policies to reduce women's time burden. Under an Early Childhood Development (ECD) project, PRB builds and drives an ECD evidence strategy to guide global programming and investment.

  Expenses $2,927,030 · Grants $1,364,383 · Revenue $298,233

• U.S. Programs: Domestically, PRB works similarly as a bridge between data and decisions. PRB's KidsData program informs policymakers, advocates, public agencies, and nonprofits about the toughest issues impacting California's children and communities through more than 900 indicators including safety, health, education, and the economic security of California's children and youth. For the U.S. Census Bureau, PRB produced resources, maintained an online user community, and organized conferences and events that support American Community Survey data users. For the KIDS COUNT Data Book produced annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, PRB provides feedback on the design and measure of the index, compiles the data, offers technical support to data users, and organizes the associated data institute. For the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), PRB collects and analyzes data and then develops a Chartbook report that provides an overview of social, economic, and demographic trends in the Appalachian Region to guide smarter investment in these communities. To increase impact, PRB also translates the work of population researchers supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Aging for broad audiences. Additionally, PRB supports state governments with population forecasts that inform effective policy responses to population changes.

  Expenses $2,185,679 · Grants $3,193 · Revenue $1,286,123

• Communications Programs: By getting PRB's work in the hands of policymakers, advocates, educators, and the public, our communications efforts are a crucial element in transforming population insights to impact. PRB produces research bulletins, articles, infographics, and data-driven analyses on demographic trends and policy-relevant topics, making complex research accessible to broad audiences in the U.S. and around the world. PRB's website offers a wide range of freely available resources, including interactive data tools, and draws users seeking timely, objective population information. PRB engages thousands of subscribers through a monthly newsletter and maintains an active presence on LinkedIn and other social media platforms. Regular webinars and virtual events extend PRB's reach further, connecting journalists, researchers, and practitioners across geographies. The World Population Data Sheet, which covers demographic and health indicators for more than 200 countries, is widely used and reaches thousands of annually including students, journalists, government officials, and educators worldwide.

  Expenses $293,212 · Revenue $565

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.

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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $11,420,688

  Expenses

  $8,087,962

  Contributions

  $4,366,077

  Grants paid

  $1,367,576

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,745,158

  Expenses

  $12,190,648

  Contributions

  $8,208,208

  Grants paid

  $2,538,851

• 2022

  Revenue

  $12,479,322

  Expenses

  $14,209,567

  Contributions

  $11,325,724

  Grants paid

  $2,860,592

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

  $13,316,487

  Expenses

  $16,430,821

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,232,018

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,562,453

  Expenses

  $16,484,676

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,681,286

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,850,654

  Expenses

  $13,205,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,114,389

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,284,340

  Expenses

  $11,560,416

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,062,151

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,905,079

  Expenses

  $10,879,005

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,067,995

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,874,091

  Expenses

  $9,157,354

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,271,361

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,349,476

  Expenses

  $8,602,192

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,101,642

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,556,962

  Expenses

  $10,567,306

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,051,895

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,872,336

  Expenses

  $9,512,656

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,371,289

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $9,566,361

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,767,403

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

• JSI RESEARCH & TRAINING INSTITUTE

  $1,701,467

  2022 · LEARNING, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION UNDER MOMENTUM KNOWLEDGE ACCELERATOR PROJECT

• JSI Research & Training Institute

  $1,479,556

  2023 · Learning, monitoring, and evaluation under MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project

• PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

  $902,725

  2022 · ADAPTIVE LEARNING UNDER MOMENTUM KNOWLEDGE ACCELERATOR PROJECT

• JSI Research & Training Institute

  $854,183

  2024 · Learning, monitoring, and evaluation under MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project

• President and Fellows of Harvard College

  $613,365

  2023 · Adaptive learning under MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project

• President and Fellows of Harvard College

  $286,361

  2024 · Adaptive learning under MOMENTUM Knowledge Accelerator project

• Developing Radio Partners

  $185,329

  2023 · Capacity development to community radio stations in Malawi

• DEVELOPING RADIO PARTNERS

  $90,000

  2022 · CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TO COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS IN MALAWI IN SUPPORT OF PROPEL HEALTH OBJECTIVES

• Population Association of America

  $20,000

  2023 · Facilitating exchange and dissemination of population dynamics research findings and methods

• The Regents of the University of California Berkeley Campus

  $18,294

  2023 · Technical advisory support on policy tools linked to unpaid domestic care work

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• POPULATION COUNCIL INC

  $115,698

  2023 · SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

• POPULATION COUNCIL INC

  $95,659

  2022 · SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

• GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

  $82,529

  2022 · Subaward

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · Sciences

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $10,000

  2022 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $6,250

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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