Peace Action Education Fund
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND (PAEF) IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND THE ARMS TRADE, AND THAT NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY REQUIRES WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
- Income
- $560,006
- Spending
- $536,037
- Spent on programs
- 73%
- Reserves
- 29.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 84%
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 10
- Highest pay
- $128,518, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 29.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 8% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1573% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 19 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 95% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 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
10 of 10Gave 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
15 of 15Its accounts were audited 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 December 31, 2025, 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 (3)
- $161,113 spent. PEACE EDUCATION:PAEF LEADERS PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT COALITIONS INCLUDING THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WORKING GROUP, BACK FROM THE BRINK, PEOPLE OVER PENTAGON, LIFT SANCTIONS SAVE LIVES (PAEF AN ORIGINAL FOUNDER), THE KOREA PEACE NETWORK, IRAN WORKING GROUP, SYRIA-IRAQ WORKING GROUP, PENTAGON BUDGET CAMPAIGN, BUDGET PRIORITIES WORKING GROUP, AND OTHER GROUPINGS THAT BRING TOGETHER. WASHINGTON, DC-BASED DISARMAMENT ORGANIZATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS TO HELP COORDINATE CONGRESSIONAL EDUCATION ON ISSUES RANGING FROM STOPPING THE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE AND ENDING THE WAR ON YEMEN.THE OUTBREAK OF WARS ON GAZA AND UKRAINE BRING WITH THEM THE THREAT OF ESCALATION, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR. A SERIES OF COMPLEX POLICY ISSUES, LIKE THE DEMAND FOR A CEASEFIRE IN EACH OF THESE WARS, CONFRONT OUR SUPPORTERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PAEF SERVES AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION AND OFFERS POLICY ALTERNATIVES FOR THOSE WHO FAVOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO EACH CONFLICT.
- $50,338 spent. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:PAEF STAFF CONVENES A CONFERENCE CALL WITH LOCAL ACTIVISTS EVERY OTHER WEEK PROVIDING UPDATES ON ISSUES THEY ARE TRACKING AND FACILITATING INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN LOCAL GROUPS IN PAEF ACTIVIST NETWORK.
- $181,097 spent. BUDGET PRIORITIES: AS PART OF ITS MOVE THE MONEY CAMPAIGN, PAEF HAS CONTINUED TO BUILD ITS GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT AND ALLIANCES WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE GROUPS AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL TO MOVE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION AND IMPACT THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR PAEF PROVIDED ITS ACTIVIST NETWORK REGULAR UPDATES ON THE AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS IN CONGRESS AS THE PENTAGON BUDGET WAS DEBATED AND WORKED TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH A SERIES OF OP-EDS AND BLOGS. PAEF ALSO ORGANIZES ANNUAL TAX DAY EVENTS/ACTIONS EVERY APRIL TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE COST OF MILITARISM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ALTERNATIVES TO ENDLESS WARS AND THE EVER INCREASING MILITARY BUDGET. WORKING WITH OUR COALITION PARTNERS AND ALLIES IN CONGRESS, THE PEACE MOVEMENT HAS STRENGTHENED ITS CALL FOR SHARP CUTS IN MILITARY SPENDING. SINCE THE ONSET OF THE COLD WAR, CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY BUDGET REQUESTS HAS RESEMBLED A RUBBER STAMP PROCESS, CHANNELING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE PENTAGON AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS. THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING THE POPULATION WITH TOP QUALITY EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE TOOK A BACK SEAT. PAEF'S MOVE THE MONEY DEMANDS ARE GAINING GREATER TRACTION AS THE DEBATE OF FEDERAL BUDGET PRIORITIES CONTINUES WITHOUT RESOLUTION. NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND PARTICIPATES IN THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WORKING GROUP, THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY, BACK FROM THE BRINK, AND THE FISSILE MATERIALS WORKING GROUP TO COORDINATE ADVOCACY AND ACTIONS AROUND A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES FROM ADVOCACY FOR A MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY TO EFFORTS TO CUT FUNDING FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS. PAEF CONTINUES TO CALL ON POLICY MAKERS TO SCRAP PLANS FOR A 1.7 BILLION DOLLAR UPGRADE AND EXPANSION OF THE ENTIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX AND THE ADOPTION OF A NO FIRST USE POLICY BY THE U.S. AND OTHER POLICIES THAT WILL REDUCE THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR. PAEF ALSO ORGANIZES HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI ACTIONS/EVENTS EVERY AUGUST, ANNUAL COMMEMORATIONS OF THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF THOSE CITIES. PAEF, WORKING WITH OUR COALITION PARTNERS, HELPED ORGANIZE A DEFUSE NUCLEAR WAR CAMPAIGN, CALLING FOR ACTIONS IN WEEK OF DEC 19 TO PRESS FOR THE U.S. TO ADOPT A NO FIRST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY AND THE REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM A LAUNCH ON WARNING/HAIR TRIGGER ALERT. PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND PRESIDENT KEVIN MARTIN CHAIRS THE KOREA PEACE NETWORK (KPN), A NATIONAL GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF KOREAN-AMERICAN, FAITH, PEACE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR GROUPS PROMOTING DIPLOMACY BETWEEN THE US AND NORTH KOREA. KPN HELD ITS 6TH ANNUAL DC ADVOCACY DAYS BY ZOOM IN JUNE. JUSTICE NOT WAR: UKRAINE: PAEF CONDEMNED THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND WORKS TO BRING ABOUT A CEASEFIRE AND NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION. ON MAY 7, PAEF HELPED ORGANIZE PEACE IN UKRAINE EVENTS WORKING WITH OUR COALITION PARTNERS IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. PAEF CONTINUES TO SOUND THE ALARM ABOUT THE DANGER OF ESCALATION LEADING TO NUCLEAR WAR. IRAN: THROUGHOUT 2022, PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR A RESTART OF TALKS ON THE NUCLEAR DEAL NEGOTIATED DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ABROGATED BY TRUMP. DAYS OF ACTION CALL IN CAMPAIGNS WERE ORGANIZED IN FEBRUARY BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF PROGRESS IN RESTARTING TALKS. THE WAR ON YEMEN: THE WAR ON YEMEN, WHERE A U.S. BACKED COALITION, LED BY SAUDI ARABIA, EXECUTES A RUTHLESS BOMBING CAMPAIGN. HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER CIVILIAN TARGETS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. PAEF CONTINUED ITS WORK TO BLOCK ARMS SALES AND MILITARY AID TO SAUDI ARABIA AND ITS ALLIES AND END U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE SAUDI-LED MILITARY ACTION. DAYS OF ACTION EVENTS WERE ORGANIZED BEGINNING IN MARCH AND INVOLVING OUR GRASSROOTS NETWORK AND COALITION PARTNERS IN CALL IN CAMPAIGNS AND OTHER ACTIONS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PRESS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DO MORE TO END THIS TRAGIC WAR. PAEF ORGANIZED A WEBINAR IN APRIL TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE WAR AND FOLLOWED UP WITH CALL- IN CAMPAIGNS AROUND KEY VOTES IN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER. PAEF CONTINUED TO PRESS FOR A POLICY ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE, THE FIG LEAF BUSH, OBAMA AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS USED TO JUSTIFY MILITARY CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 December 2025.
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 July 1989.
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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