Project Management Institute Inc
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What it says it does
OUR MISSION: WE ARE A COMMUNITY CREATING THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND EXPERIENCES THAT POWER PROJECT SUCCESS. OUR VISION: A WORLD WHERE EVERY PROJECT LIVES UP TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL FOR POSITIVE IMPACT.
- Income
- $390.4 million
- Spending
- $345.7 million
- Employees
- 640
- Volunteers
- 13,122
- Highest pay
- $1.6 million, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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 (3)
- CERTIFICATIONS - IN AN INCREASINGLY PROJECTIZED WORLD, PMI PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION ENSURES PROFESSIONALS ARE READY TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF PROJECTS AND EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. RECOGNIZED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD, PMI CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH THE RIGOROUS EXAMINATION PROCESS. DEVELOPED BY PRACTITIONERS FOR PRACTITIONERS, PMI CERTIFICATIONS ARE BASED ON RIGOROUS STANDARDS AND ONGOING RESEARCH TO MEET THE REAL-WORLD NEEDS OF ORGANIZATIONS. WITH A PMI CERTIFICATION, PROFESSIONAL CAN WORK IN VIRTUALLY ANY INDUSTRY, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND WITH ANY PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY. WHEREVER A PROFESSIONAL IS IN THEIR CAREER, PMI HAS A CERTIFICATION. PMI'S GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP) CERTIFICATION IS THE MOST COVETED PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION, WITH NEARLY 1.6 MILLION PMP CERTIFICATION HOLDERS AROUND THE WORLD AS OF DECEMBER 2024. PMI ALSO OFFERS OTHER SPECIFIC CERTIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE PMI PROFESSIONAL IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS (PMI-PBA), PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PGMP), PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PFMP), PMI RISK MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMI-RMP), AND PMI SCHEDULING PROFESSIONAL (PMI-SP). PMI ALSO CERTIFIES NEWER PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS THROUGH ITS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (CAPM) CERTIFICATION. OVERALL, PMI YIELDED MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION GROSS CERTIFICATIONS AS OF DECEMBER 2024.
- MEMBERSHIP - PMI IS THE WORLD'S LEADING ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSION, WITH MORE THAN 740,000 TOTAL MEMBERS IN MORE THAN 215 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. PMI WORKS IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD TO ADVANCE CAREERS, IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS AND FURTHER MATURE THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSION. MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO GLOBALLY-RECOGNIZED STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS, COMMUNITIES, RESOURCES, TOOLS, ACADEMIC RESEARCH, EVENTS, PUBLICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS RECEIVE DISCOUNTS ON PMI CREDENTIAL EXAMS AND CERTIFICATION RENEWAL FEES.
- EVENTS AND SEMINARS - PMI HOSTS NUMEROUS TYPES OF EVENTS TO BRING TOGETHER PRACTITIONERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO NETWORK AND ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THIS INCLUDES ANNUAL CONGRESSES IN EUROPE, AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (EMEA); SMALLER REGIONAL EVENTS IN ASIA PACIFIC AND LATIN AMERICAN; AS WELL AS REGULAR IN-DEPTH SEMINARS CALLED SEMINARSWORLD. AT PMI'S ANNUAL GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN NORTH AMERICA, THOUSANDS OF PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGERS, CHAPTER LEADERS, AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COME TOGETHER TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY AND LEAD THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSION. ADDITIONALLY, PMI ANNUALLY HOSTS ITS PMO SYMPOSIUM, A MUST-ATTEND EVENT FOR PROGRAM, PORTFOLIO, PMO AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION'S KEY INITIATIVES. THE THREE-DAY EVENT SYMPOSIUM PROVIDES ATTENDEES WITH ACCESS TO PMO EXPERTS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN, NETWORK, AND GAIN PRACTICAL, REAL-WORLD EXPERTISE TO TAKE THEIR PMOS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 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)(6) business league.
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 October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 December 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 April 2001.
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 October 21, 2026.
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