Effective Peacebuilding Initiative: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 99-3274605)

Ahn Lee’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024
Ahn Lee	$120,000	$25,000

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Fund research to find cost-effective ways to reduce warfare's harm, sharing findings with peacemakers.

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3 programs · $419K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Supporting Critical Partners

EPI enhances the capacity of key organizations to implement evidence-based approaches and measure their impact. This includes developing monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) frameworks for peacebuilding organizations, creating practical toolkits and resources for practitioners, providing technical support to organizations…

$178Kprogram expense

02

Gathering Evidence Program

EPIs Gathering Evidence Program funds and conducts rigorous research to identify what works in conflict prevention and resolution across different contexts. This includes a comprehensive collection of successful peace interventions and their outcomes (the Peace Activities Dataset) and Conflict-Intervention Mapping to analyze which…

$135Kprogram expense

03

Making the Case Program

Effective Peacebuilding Initiative advocates for the adoption of evidence-based interventions among decision-makers and funders by bringing together and promoting the voices of influential stake-holders to share findings and best practices, publishing accessible reports and policy briefs, recognizing and amplifying successful peace…

$106Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking

Grants paid · 2 grants · $135K · 2025–2025

AcledWI · FY2025$85,000

International Crisis GroupDC · FY2025$50,000

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$558K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$558K

Money outPt IX

$559K

Ln 25

Programscol B$419K

Managementcol C$133K

Fundraisingcol D$6K

Owns and owesPt X

$69K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$68K

Total assetsLn 16$68K

LiabilitiesLn 26−$399

PeoplePt VI, VII

7

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$558K

Total revenueLn 12$558K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$68K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$68K

Total assetsLn 16$68K

LiabilitiesLn 26−$399

Net assetsLn 32$69K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 51

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$69K	$68K
Total assetsLn 16	$69K	$68K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	−$399
Net assetsLn 32	$69K	$69K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$135K	$135K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$120K	$90K	$24K	$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$9K	$7K	$2K	$454
Accounting feesLn 11c	$925		$925
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$218K	$187K	$31K
Office expensesLn 13	$183		$183
Information technologyLn 14	$5K		$5K
TravelLn 17	$8K		$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$63K		$63K
All other expensesLn 24e	$444		$444
Total functional expensesLn 25	$559K	$419K	$133K	$6K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$558K	$559K	−$844	$69K	990 PDF
FY2024	$201K	$131K	$69K	$69K	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 O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $558,000 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $200,600$558,000

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $200,600$558,000

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,043$135,000

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $25,000$129,089

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $103,147$294,755

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $131,190$558,844

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $69,410−$844

Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

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 $558,000 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$558,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$558,000

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$558,000

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $558,844 across 10 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $135,000$135,000

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,000 · Management $24,000 · Fundraising $6,000$120,000

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,817 · Management $1,818 · Fundraising $454$9,089

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $925$925

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $187,155 · Management $30,685$217,840

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $183$183

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $4,654$4,654

IX-17 TravelManagement $7,599$7,599

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $63,110$63,110

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $444$444

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $418,972 · Management $133,418 · Fundraising $6,454$558,844

Part X · Balance sheet $68,167 assets, 7 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $69,410$68,167

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $69,410$68,167

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses−$399

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0−$399

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $69,410$68,566

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $69,410$68,566

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $69,410$68,167

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $68,566 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$558,000

XI-2 Total expenses$558,844

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$844

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$69,410

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$68,566

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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