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THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC
THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC (New York) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $109,583,322 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($41,596,743). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $54M
- Funders on record
- 97
- Grants received
- $110M
- Net assets
- $130M
What The Population Council Inc does
Mission
We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. We take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global goals, including the connections between them:1. Ensure sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices2. Empower adolescents and young people to reach their full potential3. Achieve gender equality and equity4. Pursue justice in the face of climate and environmental changes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ensure sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices: the population council tackles intersecting inequalities that undermine rights and access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care. Our research and partnerships ensure high quality, voluntary, andrights-based comprehensive care. For more information see schedule o.
$25,292,326 spentof which $1,708,618 as grants51% of program spendingDeveloping innovative contraceptive, hiv prevention, and multipurpose prevention products: - signing an option-to-license agreement with contraline for the nestorone/testosterone male contraceptive gel, the first male contraceptive to reach late-stage development. For more information see schedule o.
$24,084,819 spentof which $1,556,159 as grants48% of program spendingPublications:the population council communicates the results of our work and that of others in the field to people concerned with population and reproductive health issues. The council publishes and disseminates to professionals in the field and to general audiences a wide range of materials that include reports, datasets, policy briefs, working papers, flyers, videos, and pamphlets. Most materials are provided at no cost, distributed at conferences and meetings or downloaded from the council's digital repository and website. For more information see schedule o.
$288,245 spent$180,266 earned by the program1% of program spendingDistinguished colleagues:one distinguished scientist provides additional expertise in areas of relevance to the council and represents the organization in his field internationally. He also conducts research on a variety of population issues, including the determinants of fertility, population -environment relationships, the demographic impact of the aids epidemic, population aging, and population policy options.one distinguished scientist speaks at conferences and fora around the world and advises scientists about research in reproductive health and new contraceptive technologies. She is the chairperson of the international committee for contraception research, an honorary member of the international menopause society, a founding member of the international consortium of male contraception, and an active member of european society for contraception. She is also the program director and principal investigator of a national institutes of health (nih) center grant from the national institute of child health and human development.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,665,390.
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 2018 to 2019, from $145M to $170M (+17%).
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 47% · 2018 40% · 2019 35% · 2020 33% · 2021 40% · 2022 32% · 2023 37% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Darcy Bradbury
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 31 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $13M → $15M.
22 of 97 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 97 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
THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders 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 THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 46% · 2019 38% · 2020 36% · 2021 42% · 2022 45% · 2023 26% — 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
48% of THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC is better cushioned than half of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $97.9M on record.
- Agency for International Development$67.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$27.7M
- Department of State$3.1M
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 THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Population Council Kenya · disregarded
- Population Center Pakistan · disregarded
- Population Council Consult Private Ltd · disregarded
- Population Council Institute · disregarded
- Population Council Ipm South Africa Npc · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC?
- THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC (New York) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $109,583,322 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($41,596,743). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 97 organizations giving $109,583,322 in grants to THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $41,596,743 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 97 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