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THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC

THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,919,225 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($18,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$5.6M
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$22M
Net assets
$14M
10/18 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What The Population Institute Inc does

Mission

Population education - the population institute's mission is to improve sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing of people and the planet.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Information & public education - the population institute gathers and disseminates a wide variety of information on population issues related to family planning and reproductive health through books and articles, its website, press releases, podcasts, and other public programs.

    $2,080,338 spentof which $856,602 as grants$5,080 earned by the program
    79% of program spending
  2. International population and development - the population institute supports education, programs and activities that highlight and address the demographic challenges facing developing countries. That work includes efforts aimed at removing the barriers to contraceptive use. It also includes efforts to address gender inequality, child marriage practices, and the harmful social norms that contribute to rapid population growth, food insecurity, and environment degradation.

    $533,008 spentof which $262,500 as grants
    20% of program spending
  3. Public policy - the population institute analyzes and monitors legislation, administrative policies, and external developments, and their impact on population and sexual reproductive health.

    $10,340 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,623,686.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.2M) Expenses 100 ($836k) Net assets 100 ($5.4M)2018 Revenue 64 ($2.7M) Expenses 127 ($1.1M) Net assets 130 ($7.0M)2019 Revenue 29 ($1.2M) Expenses 293 ($2.4M) Net assets 110 ($5.9M)2020 Revenue 41 ($1.7M) Expenses 216 ($1.8M) Net assets 111 ($6.0M)2021 Revenue 101 ($4.3M) Expenses 175 ($1.5M) Net assets 166 ($8.9M)2022 Revenue 56 ($2.4M) Expenses 187 ($1.6M) Net assets 175 ($9.4M)2023 Revenue 97 ($4.1M) Expenses 264 ($2.2M) Net assets 217 ($12M)2024 Revenue 132 ($5.6M) Expenses 404 ($3.4M) Net assets 259 ($14M)
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Revenue (132)Expenses (404)Net assets (259)

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 $6.0M to $9.1M (+51%).

$5.4M
$7.0M
$6.1M
$6.0M
$9.1M
$9.7M
$12M
$14M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$3.4M
’17
$1.7M
’18
−$1.2M
’19
−$78k
’20
$2.8M
’21
$799k
’22
$1.9M
’23
$2.2M
’24
40
months of
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

Kathleen A Mogelgaard

President & CEO

Board chair

William N Ryerson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed667912111213
Joined·+0+1+2+4+1+1+1
No longer listed·0001200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $4.0M → $4.0M.

8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 INSTITUTE INC’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

THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 INSTITUTE INC.

82%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 95% · 2020 29% · 2021 87% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.

“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

38% of THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

99% of THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $167k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states.

MN
NY
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
DE
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE POPULATION INSTITUTE 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 Washington, D.C.

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 12%Fundraising 10%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 38 states

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WA
MN
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CA
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CO
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HI
OK
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GA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Population Media Center Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC?
THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,919,225 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($18,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $21,919,225 in grants to THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC?
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $18,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC 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 18 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