Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204714242
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125752605
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,377,789
Expenses
$3,189,404
Assets
$2,519,936
Liabilities
$936,387

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • OWEN PELL (PRESIDENT)
  • TIBI GALIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIBI GALIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $195,752 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The auschwitz institute for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities is dedicated to building a world that prevents genocide. We aim to see every state effectively integrate within government the domestically developed function of preventing genocide and mass atrocities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Africa program office (apo): through its africa programs office, the auschwitz institute for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities (aipg) designs and delivers an array of training and capacity-building programs that familiarize african state officials and civil society leaders with the necessary knowledge and skills to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities. Aipg believes that the development and implementation of effective preventive mechanisms will sustainably curb future conflict across the african continent. To this end, aipg's apo works directly with governments to develop and implement prevention projects at regional, national, and community levels and is instrumental in encouraging and facilitating the cooperation of states through regional and international networks to advance prevention. The goal of aipg's africa programs office is to provide in-depth genocide and mass atrocity prevention education, training, and technical assistance that reflects the latest concepts and strategies developed by authorities in the field. The apo accomplishes this by organizing in-person and virtual seminars, and by producing tools, such as resource manuals, to familiarize leaders and other key stakeholders with the concepts of genocide and mass atrocities, the processes by which they occur, and the methods for their prevention.latin america program (lap): the latin america program works to advance the mission of the auschwitz institute for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities (aipg) by providing education, training, and technical assistance to government officials including national armed forces and other security sector actors, policymakers, civil society leaders, and academic experts in the region. The lap operates with the objective of advancing policy initiatives and projects that strengthen democratic principles and institutions, making them accessible to minority and marginalized communities across latin america. Coordinated from its office in buenos aires, argentina, aipg's lap develops and supports the implementation of programming that incorporates atrocity prevention into educational policies, anti-discrimination initiatives, and human rights agendas, as well as other regional, national, and local measures that protect vulnerable populations. The priorities of the latin america program are reflected in its capacity-building initiatives, which work to fight against discrimination, protect vulnerable groups, and advance measures related to the essential roles played by memory, truth, and justice in the prevention of mass atrocities in the region. These priorities underscore the program's thematic focus areas, including the defense of indigenous peoples and lgbti+ communities, migratory and refugee populations, as well as the role of armed and security forces and education within the general framework of preventive policies.warren educational policies program (wepp): taking a long-term or "upstream" prevention perspective, the warren educational policies program contributes to aipg's global mission by collaborating with a diverse range of educational stakeholders from those at the national level to those in civil society in order to develop projects that contribute to educating younger generations on the importance of combatting prejudice, hatred, and discrimination to prevent genocide and mass atrocities.the experience built over the course of the previous seven years of programming has been fundamental to the wepp's development of a working methodology that is built on the premise that educational projects with a preventive aim have to be locally driven and locally developed. To this end, the wepp invests significant efforts in establishing relationships with a variety of actors including practitioners, policymakers, and researchers who are working on similar educational agendas, as well as those from complementary fields, such as human rights and citizenship education, peace education, holocaust educati

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total spending goes to programs and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 47
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.6%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $113.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.6% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $196K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.