Conflict Dynamics International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562460366
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
Phone
6176611066
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arms Control, Peace

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,497,877
Expenses
$1,678,855
Assets
$419,503
Liabilities
$3,068,192

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gerard Mc Hugh (President & Clerk)

Highest reported compensation

  • Gerard Mc Hugh (President & Clerk): $298,226 total reported compensation
  • Henry Karanja (Snr. Program Manager): $104,612 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Conflict Dynamics International is an independent, social-impact organization founded to prevent and resolve violent conflict between and within states, and to alleviate human suffering resulting from conflicts and other crises.

What it reported doing in 2024

Conflict Dynamics' programs to prevent and resolve violent conflict are arranged in the Organization's Peace Action program area. This program area encompasses programs and projects on thematic issues related to peace (such as governance, dialogue processes and transitional justice) as well as context-specific programs. In this program area, Conflict Dynamics directly engaged in and supported approaches to preventing and resolving conflict in a number of contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa. Conflict Dynamics' activities in this area included mediation, mediation support, conflict analysis, convening and facilitation, dialogue process design, technical support, capacity building etc. This work included development and support in use by parties to conflict, civil society constituencies and affected communities of frameworks and tools for conflict prevention and resolution.Conflict Dynamics worked with inter-governmental organizations to support mediation efforts and conflict prevention, and contributed to national and international dialogues and policy discourse on conflict prevention and resolution. Furthermore, Conflict Dynamics supported national capacities and approaches to building peace, which included collaborations with national partner organizations. Conflict Dynamics' work in this area has a particular focus on addressing exclusion and inequality as key drivers of conflict.Work in this program area directly benefited more than 68 million people affected by armed conflicts in specific contexts in Africa. This work also substantially benefited more than 7,500 peace practitioners working globally in many of the 61 state-based armed conflicts ongoing around the world in 2024.Relationship to organization's exempt purpose: Work in these areas contributed directly and substantively to Conflict Dynamics' mission to prevent and resolve violent conflict.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $50.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 7.31; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $298K · 5 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $429K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.