Baskerville Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843642306
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8016388054
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,000
Expenses
$115,000
Assets
$2,300
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bahman Bakhtiari (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Bahman Bakhtiari (Executive Director)
  • KIRSTEN DEWBERRY (Project Manager)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to promote peace and mutual understanding by connecting people across cultures through education, dialogue, and collaborative partnerships.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Baskerville Institute is a non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah, committed to advancing the principles of Diplomacy of the Heart-a people-centered approach to international engagement grounded in empathy, mutual respect, and authentic human connection. The Institute promotes trust through dialogue, respect for the dignity of difference, and meaningful cross-cultural engagement. Through research, education, and collaborative exchange, the Baskerville Institute fosters deeper understanding and cooperation across global divides.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.