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.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$998K 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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FY2023 · 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
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$998K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.0 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
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
$2.8M
115% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 115% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.4M
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$6.5M
To programs
72%
Net assets
−$365K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.4M
FY2023▼ -8%
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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
$6.5M
FY2023▼ -3%
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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
−$365K
FY2023▼ -16%
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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 FY2023 Form 990 (year ending September 2023) · 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

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $4.7M Management & general 28% · $1.8M

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

20 people listed on the 990; $998K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Co-Executive Director
$195,000Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Executive Director
$192,171Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Finance
$155,000Pt VII · Sec A
HR and Talent Manager
$121,776Pt VII · Sec A
Global Director for Civil Society
$114,534Pt VII · Sec A
Africa Director
$110,567Pt VII · Sec A
Business Development Manager
$108,985Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$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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3 programs · $4.5M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Gac-the workforce empowerment for women (wew) project aims to increase women's protection and equitable access to employment in iraq's "world of work," inclusive of the social norms influencing career options for certain genders to the actual workplace conditions.

$2.5Mprogram expense
02

CRS serbia- the civil society resilience activity (csra) in serbia is a five-year project funded by the united states agency for international development (usaid) and the swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC) that seeks to contribute to a more inclusive and pluralistic serbian society by improving the legal environment for…

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Inspires- global program inspires (2219), is the culmination of an extensive co-creation process led by usaid under the broad agency agreement (baa) for adapting usaid's democracy, rights, and governance (DRG) programming to better address global trends and challenges, specifically about enabling and protecting civic spaces.

$988Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.5M
Money outPt IX
$6.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.7M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Owns and owesPt X
−$365K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$5.1M
Total revenueLn 12$6.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$14K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$170K
Other assetsLn 15$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M
Net assetsLn 32−$365K
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$343K$14K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$223K$170K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M$2.8M
Net assetsLn 32−$314K−$365K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$159K$159K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$378K$189K$189K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$946K$599K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$33K$21K$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$396K$234K$163K
Payroll taxesLn 10$165K$98K$68K
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$8K$520
Accounting feesLn 11c$86K$81K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.4M$2.2M$142K
Office expensesLn 13$261K$173K$88K
Information technologyLn 14$19K$4K$15K
OccupancyLn 16$438K$32K$407K
TravelLn 17$528K$501K$26K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$2K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$63K$12K$51K
InsuranceLn 23$33K$12K$21K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.5M$4.7M$1.8M$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 Viewing $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 $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 $6,426,112 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,970,554$6,463,182
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $88,758$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$40,912−$37,070
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,018,400$6,426,112
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $110,631$158,751
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,923,952$2,517,335
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,672,180$3,800,376
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,706,763$6,476,462
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $311,637−$50,350
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $6,426,112 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$5,075,479
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,387,703
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,463,182
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$67,235−$67,235
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $30,165$30,165
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$37,070$6,426,112
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,476,462 across 16 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $158,751$158,751
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $189,031 · Management $188,513$377,544
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $945,600 · Management $599,139$1,544,739
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $20,851 · Management $12,600$33,451
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $233,534 · Management $162,597$396,131
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $97,746 · Management $67,724$165,470
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,094 · Management $520$8,614
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $80,878 · Management $5,193$86,071
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,217,102 · Management $142,347$2,359,449
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $172,749 · Management $87,780$260,529
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,369 · Management $14,616$18,985
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $31,805 · Management $406,557$438,362
IX-17 TravelPrograms $501,463 · Management $26,222$527,685
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,693 · Management $3,034$4,727
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,035 · Management $51,405$63,440
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,642 · Management $20,872$32,514
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,687,343 · Management $1,789,119 · Fundraising $0$6,476,462
Part X · Balance sheet $2,400,923 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $342,569$14,125
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $485,780$786,096
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,416$15,287
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $223,192$170,367
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $302,181$1,415,048
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,365,138$2,400,923
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $508,991$916,033
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $655,576$381,539
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $514,796$1,467,926
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,679,363$2,765,498
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$314,225−$364,575
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$314,225−$364,575
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,365,138$2,400,923
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$364,575 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,426,112
XI-2 Total expenses$6,476,462
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$50,350
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$314,225
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$364,575

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