Fund for Peace Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS DIVERSE SECTORS, AND DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS FOR POLICY MAKERS. A LEADER IN THE CONFLICT ASSESSMENT AND EARLY WARNING FIELD, THE FUND FOR PEACE FOCUSES ON THE PROBLEMS OF WEAK AND FAILING STATES. ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE PRACTICAL TOOLS AND APPROACHES FOR CONFLICT MITIGATION THAT ARE USEFUL TO DECISION- MAKERS.
- Income
- $1.0 million
- Spending
- $984,183
- Spent on programs
- 53%
- Reserves
- -5.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 71%
- Employees
- 7
- Highest pay
- $159,947, president -
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 70% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 42% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1553% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 27% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2511 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $331,421 spent. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS/MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATIONS, & MULTISTAKEHOLDER - THE FUND FOR PEACE WAS AN EARLY LEADER IN CROSS-SECTIONAL COLLABORATION IN ATTEMPTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES IN REGARD TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY FORCES IN THE OIL, GAS, AND MINING INDUSTRIES. THIS BEGAN WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, A MULTISTAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE GEARED TOWARDS BETTER ECHANGE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COMPANIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND GOVERNMENTS IN ATTEMPTING TO FUND SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS. THE ROUNDTABLE, WHICH CELEBRATES ITS 27TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, CONTRIBUTED TO THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES ON SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE IN WHICH FFP CONTINUES TO LEAD CIVIL SOCIETY IN CREATING PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPOLICY AND PRACTICE INTO COMPANY OPERATIONS. THIS HAS ALSO LED FFP TO PROVIDE BILATERAL SUPPORT TO COMPANIES IN THE OIL, GAS, MINING, AGRIBUSINESS, CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTORS TO GIVE ADVICE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS TO IMPROVE COMPANY OPERATIONS AND IN DOING SO BETTER PROTECT COMMUNITIES. MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE FURTHER ENLISTED FFP'S SUPPORT TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND TRAINING TO INVESTMENTS ON THESE ISSUES THE WORLD OVER. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS/MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATIONS, & MULTISTAKEHOLDER - THE FUND FOR PEACE WAS AN EARLY LEADER IN CROSS-SECTIONAL COLLABORATION IN ATTEMPTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES IN REGARD TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY FORCES IN THE OIL, GAS, AND MINING INDUSTRIES. THIS BEGAN WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, A MULTISTAKEHOLDER INITIATIVE GEARED TOWARDS BETTER ECHANGE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COMPANIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND GOVERNMENTS IN ATTEMPTING TO FUND SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS. THE ROUNDTABLE, WHICH CELEBRATES ITS 27TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, CONTRIBUTED TO THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES ON SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE IN WHICH FFP CONTINUES TO LEAD CIVIL SOCIETY IN CREATING PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPOLICY AND PRACTICE INTO COMPANY OPERATIONS. THIS HAS ALSO LED FFP TO PROVIDE BILATERAL SUPPORT TO COMPANIES IN THE OIL, GAS, MINING, AGRIBUSINESS, CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTORS TO GIVE ADVICE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS TO IMPROVE COMPANY OPERATIONS AND IN DOING SO BETTER PROTECT COMMUNITIES. MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE FURTHER ENLISTED FFP'S SUPPORT TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND TRAINING TO INVESTMENTS ON THESE ISSUES THE WORLD OVER.
- $190,080 spent. PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS - THE FUND FOR PEACE HAS A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT SEEK TO USE UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CONFLICT DYNAMICS, AND THEN WITH THAT IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING BRING TOGETHER DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO FIND PRACTICAL PEACEBUILDING SOLUTIONS. FOR OVER 19 YEARS, FFP HAS PRODUCED THE FRAGILE STATES INDEX, AN ANNUAL RANKING OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL PRESSURE IN 179 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. THE INDEX IS THEN USED BY POLICY MAKERS, PRACTITIONERS, ACADEMICS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, AND JOURNALISTS IN MAKING BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO POLITICAL RISK AND RESOURCING HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT. FFP ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING ON THESE METHODOLOGIES TO PRACTITIONERS FROM GOVERNMENT, MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS, AND CIVIL SOCIETY WHO IN TURN IMPROVE THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT CAPACITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONFLICT DYNAMICS. AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, FFP TRAINS LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS ON UNDERSTANDING AND REPORTING CONFLICT, AND WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, BUILDS LOCAL NETWORKS THAT THEN FOCUS ON MITIGATING CONFLICT WHEN IT ERUPTS. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO ATTEMPT TO HARNESS THE LATEST CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS USING CONFLICT AND SYSTEMS MAPPING. FFP ALSO FOCUSES ON SPECIFIC VULNERABLE GROUPS, EMPLOYING SIMILAR METHODOLOGIES TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES WITH THE TOOLS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS - THE FUND FOR PEACE HAS A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT SEEK TO USE UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CONFLICT DYNAMICS, AND THEN WITH THAT IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING BRING TOGETHER DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO FIND PRACTICAL PEACEBUILDING SOLUTIONS. FOR OVER 19 YEARS, FFP HAS PRODUCED THE FRAGILE STATES INDEX, AN ANNUAL RANKING OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL PRESSURE IN 179 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. THE INDEX IS THEN USED BY POLICY MAKERS, PRACTITIONERS, ACADEMICS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, AND JOURNALISTS IN MAKING BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO POLITICAL RISK AND RESOURCING HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT. FFP ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING ON THESE METHODOLOGIES TO PRACTITIONERS FROM GOVERNMENT, MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS, AND CIVIL SOCIETY WHO IN TURN IMPROVE THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT CAPACITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONFLICT DYNAMICS. AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, FFP TRAINS LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS ON UNDERSTANDING AND REPORTING CONFLICT, AND WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, BUILDS LOCAL NETWORKS THAT THEN FOCUS ON MITIGATING CONFLICT WHEN IT ERUPTS. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO ATTEMPT TO HARNESS THE LATEST CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS USING CONFLICT AND SYSTEMS MAPPING. FFP ALSO FOCUSES ON SPECIFIC VULNERABLE GROUPS, EMPLOYING SIMILAR METHODOLOGIES TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES WITH THE TOOLS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 1962.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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