Cuso is a not-for-profit international development organization that works to create economic and social opportunities for marginalized groups. Together with its partners, civil society organizations, governments, multilateral agencies and the private sector, Cuso focuses on efforts to advance gender equality and social inclusion, improve economic resilience, and deliver progress on climate action. Since 1961, the organization has mobilized thousands of skilled volunteers who work alongside partners to maximize their impact and build capacity.

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79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$234K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible by treaty
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2026
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $717K a year · 4% of revenue · last 7 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$234K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $56K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.9M
66% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 66% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.4M
-32% vs prior year
Spent
$13.3M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$4.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2026
Revenue
$13.4M
FY2021▼ -32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$19.7M
FY2021$13.4M
FY2022$25.3M
FY2023$23.2M
FY2024$18.9M
FY2025$20.2M
FY2026$18.5M
Expenses
$13.3M
FY2021▼ -32%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$19.6M
FY2021$13.3M
FY2022$19.1M
FY2023$23.6M
FY2024$20.7M
FY2025$20.0M
FY2026$17.9M
Net assets
$4.1M
FY2021▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$10.5M
FY2023$9.5M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$7.0M
FY2026$7.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending March 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $10.5M Management & general 12% · $1.6M Fundraising 9% · $1.2M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $234K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$141,686Pt VII · Sec A
$92,330Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nicolas Moyer’s $167K as CEO is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 345 $10–100M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Nicolas Moyer$167,310$164,250$161,764$172,786$83,716—
Brian Bharrigan————$146,913—
Glenn Mifflin—————$141,686
Cory Leblanc$121,356$120,000$120,000———
Sylvie Dobinson———$100,074$121,053$92,330
Laurie Buske———$106,494$107,059—
Yvette Macabuag$100,573$102,248————
Nicole Tobin—$101,301————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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1 program · $10.5M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Cuso international places dedicated volunteers who work with partners in 20 developing countries across africa, asia, latin america, or the caribbean. Cuso international works on innovative and sustainable development programs in three key areas: building sustainable communities; improving health services and delivery - primarily…

$10.5Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$56K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$650K
Investment incomeLn 3$504K
Money outPt IX
$13.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$10.5M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Fundraisingcol D$1.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$4.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.0M
Total assetsLn 16$12.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$51K
Investment incomeLn 3$504K
Other incomeLn 4–11$650K
Gains on assetsLn 7$418K
Total revenueLn 12$13.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$154K
SavingsLn 2$7.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$12.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6147
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.6M$8.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M$12.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.3M$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$4.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$513K$164K$261K$88K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.8M$4.1M$445K$229K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$144K$97K$32K$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$822K$665K$113K$44K
Legal feesLn 11b$122K$61K$61K
Accounting feesLn 11c$64K$27K$37K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$1.0M$4K$51K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.1M$639K$6K$409K
Office expensesLn 13$810K$461K$139K$210K
Information technologyLn 14$133K$114K$19K$257
OccupancyLn 16$412K$278K$134K
TravelLn 17$900K$894K$6K$66
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$143K$46K$97K$202
InterestLn 20$10$10
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$83K$83K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$46K$3K$44K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$329K$308K$21K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$1.8M$1.6M$136K$101K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.3M$10.5M$1.6M$1.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $18.5M$17.9M$552K$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2025 $20.2M$20.0M$145K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $18.9M$20.7M−$1.8M$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $23.2M$23.6M−$380K$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $25.3M$19.1M$6.2M$10.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $13.4M$13.3M$135K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $19.7M$19.6M$116K$3.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $13,443,725 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $19,628,898$12,289,433
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$95,201$503,985
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $149,748$650,307
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $19,683,445$13,443,725
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,840,218$6,280,640
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $2,342$39,160
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,725,328$6,989,225
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,567,888$13,309,025
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $115,557$134,700
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,443,725 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $566,974 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$9,953,614
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,335,819
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$50,683
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,289,433
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $85,969$85,969
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $75,429$75,429
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $418,016$418,016
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,904$7,904
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,154,292$13,443,725
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,309,025 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $163,843 · Management $260,975 · Fundraising $87,971$512,789
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,128,016 · Management $445,340 · Fundraising $228,885$4,802,241
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $96,641 · Management $31,713 · Fundraising $15,232$143,586
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $665,148 · Management $113,363 · Fundraising $43,513$822,024
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $61,294 · Management $60,726$122,020
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $27,365 · Management $36,691$64,056
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $39,160$39,160
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,049,267 · Management $3,789 · Fundraising $51,078$1,104,134
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $638,660 · Management $6,329 · Fundraising $409,368$1,054,357
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $460,981 · Management $138,759 · Fundraising $210,474$810,214
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $113,845 · Management $18,872 · Fundraising $257$132,974
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $278,488 · Management $133,798$412,286
IX-17 TravelPrograms $893,917 · Management $5,703 · Fundraising $66$899,686
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $45,526 · Management $96,971 · Fundraising $202$142,699
IX-20 InterestManagement $10$10
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesManagement $82,818$82,818
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,639 · Management $43,534$46,173
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $308,057 · Management $21,378 · Fundraising $0$329,435
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,551,433 · Management $136,269 · Fundraising $100,661$1,788,363
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,485,120 · Management $1,637,038 · Fundraising $1,186,867$13,309,025
Part X · Balance sheet $12,073,298 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $89,600$154,167
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,509,588$7,802,979
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,669,646$764,612
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $172,721$206,939
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,073,599$1,174,804
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,357,037$1,969,797
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,872,191$12,073,298
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,245,130$1,763,180
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,059,657$6,181,547
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,304,787$7,944,727
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,567,404$4,128,571
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,567,404$4,128,571
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,872,191$12,073,298
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,128,571 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,443,725
XI-2 Total expenses$13,309,025
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$134,700
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,567,404
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$373,719
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$52,748
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,128,571

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