California · Nonprofit
WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,021,318 to it, the largest being THE OPRAH WINFREY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,200,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $7.5M
What Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative does
Mission
Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative is dedicated to peace-building and community empowerment in areas of conflict everywhere. We focus on empowering and inspiring youth, women, and global citizens to promote peace across the planet - from uganda to south central los angeles.we support and sustain our peace initiatives with conflict-resolution training programs and methodology, grassroots efforts, access to experts, social media, technology, content, and 21st century communication tools.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth peacemaker network (ypn) south sudan: ypn brings together young people across south sudan's 10 states that are motivated to be leaders in peace-building and act as agents of positive change within their communities. These individuals will strengthen the peace-building capacity among peers and within their communities while contributing to conflict and violence prevention by equipping young peacemakers with the social and technical competencies necessary to mitigate conflict within their communities. This will include workshops, long-term development programs, one-on-one business and educational support initiatives, as well as a youth leadership forum to engage decision-makers with the young people impacted by the conflict in mutual dialogue.
$2,266,269 spent40% of program spendingYouth peacemaker network in northern uganda: the youth peacemaker network (ypn) northern uganda is a program aimed at fostering lasting peace and sustainable development mainly in the acholi subregion as well as in the kiryandongo refugee settlement and its surrounding communities. The ypn brings together young people across northern uganda who are motivated to be leaders in peace-building and act as agents of positive change within their communities. Most of these youth stem from vulnerable backgrounds: many youth enrolled in the acholi subregion have been severely impacted by the past conflicts and most of the youth in the kiryandongo program are refugees. Modeled after the program developed by wpdi in south sudan, the program supports these individuals so they can strengthen the peace-building capacity among peers and within their communities. The ypn contributes in particular to conflict and violence prevention by equipping young peacemakers with the social and technical competencies necessary to prevent and mitigate conflict within their communities. Activities to be undertaken under the program include workshops, long-term development programs, one-on-one business trainings,…
$1,957,225 spent35% of program spendingThe youth peacemaker network south africa: our aim is to foster the participation of young people from vulnerable places in the socio-economic and civic life of their community by providing them assets that are both intangible - I.e. Knowledge and skills in conflict resolution, icts and entrepreneurship as well as backstopping and mentoring - and tangible - I.e. Resources to undertake projects with impact in terms of local economic development, peace, social inclusion, education and the environment.
$596,751 spent11% of program spendingHarmonizer program: the harmonizer program is both a domestic and an international program that aims to encourage social change and transformation in urban areas affected by violence. Operating in areas marked by destructive conflicts, the program designs and implementsstrategies to promote non-violent conflict resolution and to change the systematic patterns shaped and impacted by conflict. The harmonizer program is also dedicated to enabling researchers to enter conflict zones and evaluate pathways to peace by stimulating economic and communal growth, with a focus on troubled youth in violent areas.multimedia programs: the organization developed an expansive peace-building campaign that is deeply rooted in technology, media, and pop culture. A multifaceted media campaign - declare peace - is aimed at building awareness of the impact of violent conflict around the world. The effort encompasses advertising, music, film, television, public art, and theatre. The campaign plays across multiple content and distribution platforms including broadcast and cable, web and social networks, mobile, and live events.youth peacemaker network program in mexico: the youth peacemaker network (ypn)…
$840,980 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,661,225.
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 2021 to 2022, from $4.6M to $8.1M (+78%).
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: 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Caroline Descombris
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $145k → $62k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE’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
WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 61% · 2022 64% · 2023 40% — 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
20% of WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
57% of WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $106k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE is better cushioned than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE: 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 WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE?
- WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,021,318 to it, the largest being THE OPRAH WINFREY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,200,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $4,021,318 in grants to WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE?
- THE OPRAH WINFREY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHITAKER PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 17 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