Dkt International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581593137
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022238780
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$182,329,221
Expenses
$172,972,295
Assets
$393,411,886
Liabilities
$131,910,582

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER H PURDY (PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER H PURDY (PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR): $2,256,771 total reported compensation
  • DIMOSTHENIS SAKELLARIDIS (PROGRAM MANAGER): $654,123 total reported compensation
  • HYAM BOLANDE (PROGRAM MANAGER): $445,712 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide couples with affordable and safe options for family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention through dynamic social marketing.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dkt is one of the largest private providers of family planning and reproductive health products and services in the developing world, serving 70.0 million couples in 2025, and preventing 27.8 million unwanted pregnancies, 22.6 million unsafe abortions and 55,400 maternal deaths. Dkt socially markets a range of contraceptive products including condoms, oral contraceptive pills, and longer lasting methods like implants and intra uterine devices (iuds) in over 100 countries. Dkt improves the availability, accessibility, and affordability of modern contraceptives by leveraging the private sector to distribute products broadly. (see schedule o)dkt executes marketing and promotion campaigns to educate the public about the benefits of modern contraception. To improve availability, dkt builds the capacity of medical providers to dispense these products safely and competently. In several countries, dkt's social franchises offer contraceptive products and services at subsidized rates in order to directly increase access and availability. Founded in 1984, dkt has been a leader in dynamic family planning programming for over 40 years. In 2025, dkt provided and sold 1 billion condoms, 136.6 million oral contraceptives, 34.3 million emergency contraceptives, 37.3 million injectable contraceptives, 6.0 million iuds, 3.2 million hormonal implants, 6.5 million medical abortion combination packs, 31.1 million misoprostol pills, 274,948 manual vacuum aspiration kits, 1.7 million cannule, 7.9 million lubricants and 56,620 tubal ligations and vasectomies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $87.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $167.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.3M · 12 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $774K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.