Asian Pacific Peace Research Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932917921
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
The Woodlands, TX, USA
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Academic Exchange

Reported finances

Revenue
$4
Expenses
$18,619
Assets
$56,937
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LU CHUNG WENG (Offcer)
  • HSIN I PENG (Secretary)
  • Eric Chang (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Asian Pacific Peace Research Institute APPRI is a non-partisan non-governmental think tank dedicated to advancing research education and public understanding of peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. APPRI aims to contribute to the global dialogue on comprehensive security by focusing on both traditional and non-traditional security issues while fostering mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States and Asia-Pacific nations. In a world where geopolitical tensions are high APPRI recognizes that while nation-states remain key actors in world politics many societal functions especially in the realm of security and diplomacy involve multiple stakeholders including governments businesses NGOs and civil society across borders. APPRIs mission is to promote comprehensive security an approach that addresses not only military defense but also economic environmental human rights and technological dimensions of peace.

What it reported doing in 2024

Attended a closed-door policy meeting in Taipei with Taiwanese legislators and a visiting Japanese think tank scholar. The discussion focused on regional security cooperation legislative perspectives on cross-strait relations and JapanTaiwan strategic coordination within the broader Indo-Pacific framework.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 37.2%; rating input score 37

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -465,375%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.06; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 37.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.