Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US
INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,581,560 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($708,486). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $587k
What Institute for War & Peace Reporting-Us does
Mission
The institute for war & peace reporting (iwpr) is an international non-profit organization that works with independent media and civil society to promote positive change in conflict zones, closed societies and countries in transition around the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mena: iwpr operated programs focusing on training, mentoring and providing ongoing support to journalists and civil society activists working in conflict zones. The digital security program helps ensure that reporters and activists are able to advance their work by using social media safely and by preventing outside access to their information, data or networks by those who threaten them.
$3,499,779 spentof which $805,332 as grants41% of program spendingLac: iwpr works with journalists and civil society organizations in the region, strengthening their abilities to conduct fact-based reporting, to provide objective, unbiased and accurate information about developments in the country and to work together to establish mutual support networks.
$2,764,142 spentof which $677,849 as grants32% of program spendingAsia: iwpr's programs are in asia and southeast asia, where we operate on programs that focus on opening up space for freedom of expression in repressive societies, strengthening independent media networks and promoting public debate about critical issues in the run up to local elections.
$1,993,686 spentof which $342,480 as grants23% of program spendingEurope: promote democratic growth, participatory governance, and cross-border cooperation by strengthening civil society and independent media.
$254,539 spentof which $187,319 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,512,146.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $3.8M (+149%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 93% · 2018 99% · 2019 93% · 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Anthony Borden
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $300k → $195k.
9 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US’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
INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 52% · 2019 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 81% · 2022 41% · 2023 56% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
75% of INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
65% of INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $403k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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
INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US's revenue grew 41% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 269 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.9M on record.
- Agency for International Development$6.7M
- Department of State$6.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US: 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 INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US?
- INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,581,560 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($708,486). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,581,560 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US?
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY is the largest funder on record, with $708,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING-US find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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