Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
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
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
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 program79% of program spendingInternational 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 grants20% of program spendingPublic policy - the population institute analyzes and monitors legislation, administrative policies, and external developments, and their impact on population and sexual reproductive health.
$10,340 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,623,686.
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.
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%).
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.
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
Kathleen A Mogelgaard
President & CEO
Board chair
William N Ryerson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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.
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.
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.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Population Media Center Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE POPULATION INSTITUTE INC: 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 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