Washington · Nonprofit
CONGO PEACE
CONGO PEACE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,450 to it, the largest being HERM AND SHIRLEY GEERS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $279k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $97k
What Congo Peace does
Mission
Congo Peace's mission is to break the chronic cycle of poverty, violence and tribal animosity in the Democratic Republic of Congo/South Kivu region by assisting all tribes equally. We provide initial emergency support, and teach vocational and entrepreneurial skills to foster economic opportunity and stability, guided by Christ's reconciling love.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
NEW HOPE ACADEMY Vocational Training [built and equipped 2024-25] Opened in May 2025 to teach young adults employable vocational skills. The goal is to help break the chronic cycle of poverty that is part of the susceptibility to recruitment by violent militia groups. With the completion of the 2nd floor expansion, student enrollment increased from 20 to 45 students for 6-month term.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
RECONCILIATION: a Congolese ministry staff of 9 from all 5 tribes worked with inhabitants, pastors and local leaders of 22 villages in the Minembwe region of South Kivu DRC. Poverty is a factor in the chronic cycle of violence and inter-tribal animosity. 24 economic empowerment co-ops were started with micro-loans (96 women, 40 youth). Sustainable vocational training was taught to 65 young adults in a multi-tribal residential school (see below). Our Congolese grantee, New Hope Reconciliation ASBL, led reconciliation work-shops and seminars for 280 villagers, pastors, community leaders and church worship services on topics from emotional healing, forgiveness and community resilience. Weekly radio broadcasts reached another 57,000 with similar topics as well as messages about the community center constructed and the rebuilt multi-tribal church. Three inter-tribal soccer "peace" tournaments were also organized. 7,000 pounds of crops were planted and harvested in multi-tribal agricultural cooperatives.
$840 spentof which $95,177 as grants100% of program spendingNew Hope Academy, a residential vocational school opened in 2025 for 20 students and with expansion for 45 students in sustainable trades (masonry, plumbing, agribusiness). Ethical entrepreneurship was also taught. These students from all 5 tribes learn, eat and play together in a peaceful situation for a six-month term.
$0 spentof which $126,482 as grants0% of program spendingChildren's Assistance Program: The 50 homeless, war-orphans who were originally cared for in the community center were transitioned to family care by foster families. Their school feels, uniforms, supplies, medical fees and food for monthly reunions for play and psychosocial assessment continue to be provided.
$0 spentof which $12,686 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $840.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $73k to $0 (−100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
104% of CONGO PEACE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Alexis Ruhumiriza
Executive Director
Board chair
David Metz
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CONGO PEACE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CONGO PEACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
35% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CONGO PEACE.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CONGO PEACE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CONGO PEACE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONGO PEACE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONGO PEACE?
- CONGO PEACE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,450 to it, the largest being HERM AND SHIRLEY GEERS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONGO PEACE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $38,450 in grants to CONGO PEACE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONGO PEACE?
- HERM AND SHIRLEY GEERS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONGO PEACE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing