Peace Action FY2024 filing

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Silver Spring, MD501(c)(4)Since 1984 EIN 36-3294748Revenue $836K in FY2024Latest return filed Jul 28, 2026

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To build citizen support for budget priorities that fund human needs instead of endless war, eliminate weapons of mass destruction, and increase international cooperation.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 36-3294748) · Dispute this line
501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$103K 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
The IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $32K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
78% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$103K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
3.6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $329K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
3.6 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$518K
72% of total assets
Liabilities are 72% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
15 of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$836K
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$803K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$205K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$836K
FY2024▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$987K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$819K
FY2024$836K
FY2025$824K
Expenses
$803K
FY2024▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$965K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$857K
FY2024$803K
FY2025$734K
Net assets
$205K
FY2024▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$161K
FY2021$167K
FY2022$218K
FY2023$172K
FY2024$205K
FY2025$303K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1986.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $623K Management & general 5% · $40K Fundraising 17% · $140K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $103K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Senior Director, Finance & Admin
$45,455Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$41,238Pt VII · Sec A
President
$15,934Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair & Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jonathan Rainwater$44,959$41,238$44,338$53,904$53,904$42,435
Rosalie Brooks$47,148$45,455$45,148$40,809$40,809$43,542
Kevin Martin$17,142$15,934$13,825$28,529$28,529$28,604

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

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3 programs · $623K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Communication, Education and Advocacy

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Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 36-3294748) · Dispute this line
$391Kprogram expense
02

Organizational Development

Additionally, Peace Action staff developed a series of resources including briefing papers and fact sheets in support of our campaigns; a line of flyers, placards, postcards to congress, sample press releases, and other key constituent-specific campaign materials.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 36-3294748) · Dispute this line
$177Kprogram expense
03

Affiliate and Member Services

Peace Action co-hosts an annual national organizer's meeting bringing together activists from across the country to set targets, objectives, strategies and tactics for national organizing campaigns.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 36-3294748) · Dispute this line
$55Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$836K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$816K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Money outPt IX
$803K
Ln 25
Programscol B$623K
Managementcol C$40K
Fundraisingcol D$140K
Owns and owesPt X
$205K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$244K
Total assetsLn 16$723K
LiabilitiesLn 26$518K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$816K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$836K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$238K
SavingsLn 2$6K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$244K
Accounts receivableLn 4$34K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$6K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$329K
Other assetsLn 15$108K
Total assetsLn 16$723K
LiabilitiesLn 26$518K
Net assetsLn 32$205K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 616
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Investment feesPt IX, Sch D
Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$3K
Share of the $86K endowmentSch D 1g3.2%
Typical, median of 2,202 orgs0.44%
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$86K$73K$61K$51K$41K
AddedLn 1b$10K$10K$10K$10K$10K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$216K$244K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$303K$329K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$820$3K
Total assetsLn 16$564K$723K
LiabilitiesLn 26$392K$518K
Net assetsLn 32$172K$205K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$117K$92K$16K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$305K$240K$319$65K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$3K$78$894
Other employee benefitsLn 9$75K$58K$5K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$34K$27K$1K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$754$170$83
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$6K$6K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3K$1K$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$26K$19K$732$6K
Office expensesLn 13$26K$20K$1K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$42K$35K$477$7K
OccupancyLn 16$58K$45K$2K$11K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K$264$594
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$47$23$24
InterestLn 20$4K$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$450$342$13$95
InsuranceLn 23$8K$7K$403$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$80K$61K$2K$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K$57$22
Total functional expensesLn 25$803K$623K$40K$140K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 28, 2026 $824K$734K$89K$303K 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 2, 2025 $836K$803K$33K$205K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2024 $819K$857K−$38K$172K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2023 $1.1M$1.0M$96K$218K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 28, 2022 $1.0M$1.0M−$9K$167K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 4, 2021 $987K$965K$22K$161K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $835,970 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $794,176$816,247
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,351$19,723
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,372$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $818,899$835,970
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 $556,902$535,415
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $300,124$267,880
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $857,026$803,295
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$38,127$32,675
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $835,970 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$34,096
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$782,151
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$816,247
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11,863$11,863
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $7,860$7,860
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19,723$835,970
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $803,295 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $91,507 · Management $16,242 · Fundraising $8,762$116,511
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $240,148 · Management $319 · Fundraising $64,685$305,152
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,485 · Management $78 · Fundraising $894$4,457
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $57,861 · Management $5,332 · Fundraising $11,742$74,935
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,843 · Management $1,151 · Fundraising $6,366$34,360
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $754 · Management $170 · Fundraising $83$1,007
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,291 · Management $6,290$12,581
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $1,397 · Management $1,397$2,794
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $19,234 · Management $732 · Fundraising $5,752$25,718
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $19,788 · Management $1,168 · Fundraising $5,537$26,493
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $35,219 · Management $477 · Fundraising $6,552$42,248
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,798 · Management $2,060 · Fundraising $10,755$57,613
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,531 · Management $264 · Fundraising $594$5,389
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $23 · Management $24$47
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,851 · Management $1,851$3,702
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $342 · Management $13 · Fundraising $95$450
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,517 · Management $403 · Fundraising $1,404$8,324
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $61,074 · Management $2,233 · Fundraising $16,918$80,225
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,210 · Management $57 · Fundraising $22$1,289
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $622,873 · Management $40,261 · Fundraising $140,161$803,295
Part X · Balance sheet $723,433 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $209,702$237,536
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,046$6,091
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $979$33,859
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,813$5,701
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $820$2,580
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $302,575$329,487
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $39,310$108,179
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $564,245$723,433
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $212,844$274,609
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $137,649$133,657
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $41,340$110,080
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $391,833$518,346
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $102,412$125,087
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $70,000$80,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $172,412$205,087
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $564,245$723,433
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $205,087 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$835,970
XI-2 Total expenses$803,295
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$32,675
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$172,412
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$205,087

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