Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $146K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $278K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.4M
115% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 115% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.0M
Spent
$8.5M
To programs
70%
Net assets
−$459K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.0M
FY2021$8.4M
FY2022$7.0M
FY2023$6.4M
FY2024$14.8M
FY2025$8.4M
Expenses
$8.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.5M
FY2021$8.6M
FY2022$6.7M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$13.4M
FY2025$8.4M
Net assets
−$459K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$459K
FY2021−$626K
FY2022−$314K
FY2023−$365K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · 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 May 1993.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $5.9M Management & general 30% · $2.6M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$238,989Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$191,360Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Executive Director
$164,250Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director Africa
$137,700Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Administrative Officer
$129,104Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
$121,812Pt VII · Sec A
Global Director for Civil Society
$100,096Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kyra Buchko’s $254K as Co-Executive Director is at the 49th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kyra Buchko$254,042$200,610$192,171$193,869$183,750$164,250
Julia Roig———$247,832$247,789$238,989
Roselie Vasquez-Yetter$213,546$216,613$195,000$193,935$40,463—
John Guzman————$191,360$191,360
Bisrat Yohannes$186,291$175,120$155,000$144,349$121,812—
Edith Kardouni$144,650$121,776$121,776$102,885——
Solange Bandiaky-Badji————$138,617$137,700
Luis Gomez Chow$136,466$124,034$114,534$108,528$100,096$100,096

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

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Transforms conflict, manages change peacefully, and strengthens democratic institutions.

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3 programs · $5.9M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Africa

Partners for security in guinea program (6240) financed by the department of state. The main points of success for the program are police support for women leads to honest disclosure and a safer community: owing to the officers' open-minded approach and the comprehensive instructions given by the project team on how to get help from the…

$3.0Mprogram expense
02

Mena

Yemen rapid response support (Y2RS) program (5660) financed by the department of statepartnersglobal, in collaboration with local affiliate office partners yemen (py), monitored the local situation and stability in hodeida and taiz as well as ongoing confrontations between republic of yemen government (royg) and united arab emirates…

$2.4Mprogram expense
03

Global program inspires, financed by the united states agency for international development (usaid) as part of the effort to amplify inspires at icsw in belgrade, partnersglobal secured sessions for consortium members zinc and DUKE/INTERNEWS on the topics of countering toxic narratives and machine learning respectively.

$479Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$278K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Money outPt IX
$8.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.9M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Owns and owesPt X
−$459K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$7.4M
Total revenueLn 12$8.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$387K
Other assetsLn 15$813K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.4M
Net assetsLn 32−$459K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 535
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$697K$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$476K$387K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M$3.4M
Net assetsLn 32−$13K−$459K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$281K$281K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$396K$156K$240K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.3M$475K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$51K$51K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.2M$575K$629K
Payroll taxesLn 10$199K$2K$197K
Legal feesLn 11b$23K$23K
Accounting feesLn 11c$54K$8K$47K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.3M$3.1M$199K
Office expensesLn 13$262K$166K$96K
Information technologyLn 14$111K$9K$102K
OccupancyLn 16$431K$47K$385K
TravelLn 17$296K$261K$35K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$67K$67K
InsuranceLn 23$36K$1K$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.5M$5.9M$2.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.4M$8.4M−$81K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.8M$13.4M$1.4M$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.4M$6.5M−$50K−$365K 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.0M$6.7M$312K−$314K 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.4M$8.6M−$167K−$626K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $8.0M$8.5M−$532K−$459K 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 $7,984,931 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,651,581$8,027,932
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $127,568−$43,001
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,779,149$7,984,931
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$280,912
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,765,412$3,675,573
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,094,224$4,560,628
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,859,636$8,517,113
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$80,487−$532,182
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $7,984,931 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$7,357,347
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$670,585
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,027,932
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$66,678−$66,678
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $23,677$23,677
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$43,001$7,984,931
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,517,113 across 16 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $280,912$280,912
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $156,213 · Management $239,947$396,160
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,349,975 · Management $475,051$1,825,026
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $50,711$50,711
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $575,061 · Management $629,256$1,204,317
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,409 · Management $196,950$199,359
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $22,751$22,751
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,700 · Management $46,623$54,323
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,075,493 · Management $198,780$3,274,273
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $166,158 · Management $96,088$262,246
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,888 · Management $101,734$110,622
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $46,633 · Management $384,604$431,237
IX-17 TravelPrograms $260,598 · Management $35,295$295,893
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,084 · Management $2,999$6,083
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $67,098$67,098
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,355 · Management $34,747$36,102
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,934,479 · Management $2,582,634 · Fundraising $0$8,517,113
Part X · Balance sheet $2,962,726 assets, 14 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $41,197; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $696,566$1,362,643
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,210$299,662
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,003$59,971
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $476,391$386,740
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,213,160$812,513
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,586,915$2,962,726
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $480,956$610,308
X-18 Grants payable$501,897
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,357,432$1,587,698
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $761,324$721,780
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,599,712$3,421,683
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$12,797−$458,957
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$12,797−$458,957
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,586,915$2,962,726
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$458,957 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,984,931
XI-2 Total expenses$8,517,113
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$532,182
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$12,797
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$86,022
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$458,957

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