Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL
POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,284,732 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($40,474,068). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $85M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Population Action International does
Mission
Pai advances evidence, policies and programs to enable women, youth and at-risk communities to access sexual and reproductive health as core to health equity, climate resilience, economic well-being and gender equality.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Incubating new partnerships program concluded in 2023.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
See schedule o. Supporting international srhr advocacyin 2024, Population Action International (pai) partnered with over 75 local organizations and coalitions in 35 countries in africa, asia, and latin america and the caribbean. Pai's support helped enable policy advocacy, evidence dissemination, and community awareness programs to advance reproductive health and rights and end the health injustices that disproportionately affect women and girls. Pai's international programs focus on advocating for and securing global, national, and subnational policies and budgets that ensure equitable access to high-quality, rights-based sexual and reproductive health information and services. These include adolescent health, prevention of gender-based violence, menstrual health, comprehensive reproductive health education, family planning and contraceptive, and maternal, newborn and child health.
$3,315,580 spentof which $577,608 as grants84% of program spendingSee schedule o. Championing u.s. Government support of srhrpai's u.s. Government relations activities arm policymakers with evidence, history, data, and tools to act and enable urgent decisions that improve the health of women and youth around the world. Our work includes supporting strong legislation, foreign assistance policies, and increased funding for family planning, maternal newborn health, and reproductive health, and ending gender-based violence worldwide. Through this work, pai successfully engages a broad, knowledgeable, and engaged base of srhr champions in congress, the state department, and other key government roles. Pai also participates in coalitions that help us align with and strengthen our collective advocacy, such as serving as co-chair of the international family planning coalition. Whether independently or as part of coalitions, pai works with u.s. Policymakers, cross-sector partners, the media, and grassroots organizations to advance advocacy that improves the health, rights, and lives of women, youth, and their communities.
$651,511 spent16% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,967,091.
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 $27M to $19M (−29%).
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: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins
President & CEO
Board chair
Neeraja Bhavaraju
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 20 funders, grant income fell $8.9M → $4.4M.
14 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 62% · 2019 40% · 2020 60% · 2021 58% · 2022 50% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL's revenue fell 76% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL: 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 POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL?
- POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,284,732 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($40,474,068). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $85,284,732 in grants to POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,474,068 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POPULATION ACTION INTERNATIONAL 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 49 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing