Center for International Private Enterprise

Legal name: Center for International Private Enterprise Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521398742
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
202-721-9200
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,675,671
Expenses
$32,830,488
Assets
$29,442,323
Liabilities
$28,957,140

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEIL BRADLEY (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
  • ANDREW WILSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • NEIL BRADLEY (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY): $2,542,625 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW WILSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $359,323 total reported compensation
  • ABDULWAHAB ALKEBSI (MANAGING DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS): $316,298 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

CIPE strengthens democracy around the world through private enterprise and market-oriented reform.

What it reported doing in 2024

Reducing barriers to economic opportunitywork to support democratic governance and the institutions of a market economy must include efforts to reduce barriers to doing business and promoting an entrepreneurial culture with opportunities for all citizens. Cipe and partners worldwide are addressing a range of issues: access to information and finance, property rights, and the large volume of informal economic activities in many countries. Many governments and peer organizations are looking to cipe's center of excellence for women's economic empowerment for leadership in fostering economic opportunity. Core activities in papua new guinea, guatemala, and other countries include the operation of women's business resource centers, growing women's business networks, and increased work to combat violence against women and sexual harassment. As a host organization of the global alliance for trade facilitation, cipe is supporting public-private dialogue to streamline and modernize customs clearing and other processes in ecuador, brazil, malawi, and other countries. Cipe also continues to expand entrepreneurship and civic engagement opportunities for growing youth populations and persons with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 95% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 6 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 70.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.5M · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.