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Acdi Voca FY2020 filing

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 1963International EIN 52-0811461Revenue $85.6M in FY2020

On file with the IRSacdivoca.org20 F Street Nw 7th Floor, 20001-6700 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Jul 1966Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Acdi/voca's mission is to achieve better lives for people and communities by increasing economic prosperity and social inclusion.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3.3M 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5.0M a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.3M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $16K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31.4M
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$85.6M
Spent
$85.8M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$21.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$85.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$85.6M
FY2021$104.0M
FY2022$111.0M
FY2023$133.4M
FY2024$162.5M
Expenses
$85.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$85.8M
FY2021$104.3M
FY2022$109.7M
FY2023$130.7M
FY2024$140.7M
Net assets
$21.0M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$21.0M
FY2021$20.8M
FY2022$22.3M
FY2023$26.3M
FY2024$53.0M

From the FY2020 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 1966.

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

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $65.2M Management & general 24% · $20.6M

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

24 people listed on the 990; $3.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$338,083Pt VII · Sec A
$275,790Pt VII · Sec A
$256,714Pt VII · Sec A
$249,765Pt VII · Sec A
$247,435Pt VII · Sec A
$245,312Pt VII · Sec A
$243,497Pt VII · Sec A
$236,168Pt VII · Sec A

Sylvia Megret’s $461K as President & CEO is at the 52nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 88 $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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sylvia Megret$461,256$407,469$326,637$282,455$275,790
Charles J Hall——$153,648$339,708$338,083
Joseph Sanders—$324,434$287,327——
Sophie Walker$276,864$288,461$269,518$253,468$245,312
Maura Allen$287,576$279,095$247,818$217,188$212,277
Regis Terrien$287,449$274,988$267,900——
Heidi Pilloud$287,312$258,475$211,449——
Bob Fries$286,281$274,783———

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

Empowering communities worldwide to increase prosperity and social inclusion for better lives.

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3 programs · $64.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Economic Growth

We connect people and businesses in systems that increase incomes, create jobs, and expand opportunities. Our inclusive market systems approach improves conditions and incentives for markets to work better for the poor and marginalized.

$24.3Mprogram expense
02

Agriculture

We help farmers and agribusinesses sustainably improve productivity, access markets, and feed a growing population. This involves catalyzing sustainable production, agribusiness supply chains, and effective natural resource management.

$24.2Mprogram expense
03

Resilience

We help communities and households better prepare for, withstand, and recover from shocks and stresses. We promote the resilience of people and systems through work that spans a range of areas: governance, peace and reconciliation, risk management, climate change adaptation, community and livelihood development, water and sanitation, and…

$16.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
International Water Management InstituteFY2023$16K
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$16
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$16K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $2.0M · 2023–2024
TanagerDC · FY2024$1,724,547
TanagerDC · FY2023$282,654

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$85.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$85.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$206K
Other incomeLn 4–11$182K
Money outPt IX
$85.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$65.2M
Managementcol C$20.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$21.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$29.8M
Total assetsLn 16$52.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$31.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A14
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$85.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$84.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$206K
Other incomeLn 4–11$182K
Total revenueLn 12$85.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$12.1M
SavingsLn 2$17.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$29.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M
Other assetsLn 15$810K
Total assetsLn 16$52.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$31.4M
Net assetsLn 32$21.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5179
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$27.2M$29.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.9M$9.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.4M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$54.4M$52.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$31.0M$31.4M
Net assetsLn 32$23.4M$21.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$24.1M$24.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.3M$1.5M$808K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$25.7M$16.8M$8.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.2M$809K$429K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10.3M$6.7M$3.6M
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.3M$826K$438K
Legal feesLn 11b$105K$96K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$181K$166K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6.6M$5.6M$1.0M
Office expensesLn 13$2.3M$1.2M$1.1M
Information technologyLn 14$133K$122K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$4.3M$1.7M$2.5M
TravelLn 17$3.1M$3.0M$132K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$429K$345K$84K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$537K$68K$470K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.7M$2.1M$579K
All other expensesLn 24e$586K$56$586K
Total functional expensesLn 25$85.8M$65.2M$20.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $162.5M$140.7M$21.8M$53.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $133.4M$130.7M$2.7M$26.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $111.0M$109.7M$1.2M$22.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $104.0M$104.3M−$290K$20.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $85.6M$85.8M−$168K$21.0M 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 F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $85,646,326 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $85,901,285$85,258,161
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $176,873$206,309
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $390,887$181,856
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $86,469,045$85,646,326
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $23,308,879$24,079,722
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $38,430,899$40,767,377
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $24,334,931$20,967,250
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $86,074,709$85,814,349
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $394,336−$168,023
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $85,646,326 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$84,528,052
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$730,109
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$85,258,161
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $206,309$206,309
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $181,856$181,856
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $388,165$85,646,326
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $85,814,349 across 17 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $24,079,722$24,079,722
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,525,334 · Management $808,268$2,333,602
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $16,786,877 · Management $8,895,290$25,682,167
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $808,760 · Management $428,559$1,237,319
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,700,315 · Management $3,550,467$10,250,782
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $825,878 · Management $437,629$1,263,507
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $96,052 · Management $8,918$104,970
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $165,528 · Management $15,369$180,897
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,636,302 · Management $1,010,713$6,647,015
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,181,071 · Management $1,086,877$2,267,948
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $121,584 · Management $11,289$132,873
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,738,528 · Management $2,531,101$4,269,629
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,986,493 · Management $132,381$3,118,874
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $345,156 · Management $84,298$429,454
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $67,619 · Management $469,767$537,386
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,113,846 · Management $578,584$2,692,430
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $56 · Management $585,718$585,774
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $65,179,121 · Management $20,635,228 · Fundraising $0$85,814,349
Part X · Balance sheet $52,381,771 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,729,249; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,111,664$12,070,878
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $20,111,021$17,766,133
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $7,179,667$5,029,264
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,252,565$1,779,749
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,352,920$1,586,722
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,418,748$1,881,361
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $11,902,703$9,728,497
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $588,309$809,918
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $54,417,597$52,381,771
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,764,029$8,462,487
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $19,208,847$16,462,185
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $800,000$3,658,485
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,232,118$2,784,419
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $31,004,994$31,367,576
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,509,900$11,604,446
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,902,703$9,409,749
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,412,603$21,014,195
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $54,417,597$52,381,771
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $21,014,195 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$85,646,326
XI-2 Total expenses$85,814,349
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$168,023
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,412,603
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$12,093
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$2,242,478
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$21,014,195

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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