Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Population Reference Bureau Inc
PRB harnesses the power of population data to inform and advance solutions to the most urgent challenges facing our world and improve the well-being of people globally.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $854,183
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $854,183
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Population Reference Bureau Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $854k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.9M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2.5M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $317k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc | $8,186,564 | 6 | 1% |
| Developing Radio Partners Inc | $857,379 | 7 | 94% |
| The International Youth Alliance for Family Planning | $845,266 | 4 | 75% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $245,788 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $173,987 | 2 | n/a |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | $73,177 | 1 | 0% |
| Avenir Health Inc | $66,258 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeastern University | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Population Association of America Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Migration Policy Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Population Reference Bureau Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Population Reference Bureau Inc
- How much does Population Reference Bureau Inc give?
- Population Reference Bureau Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $1,140,544, out of $1,367,576 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Population Reference Bureau Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Science & Tech (30%), Education (29%).
- Who are Population Reference Bureau Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc ($8.2M), Developing Radio Partners Inc ($857k), The International Youth Alliance for Family Planning ($845k).
- Does Population Reference Bureau Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Population Reference Bureau Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Population Reference Bureau Inc based?
- Population Reference Bureau Inc is based in DC.
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