Jamestown Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363266722
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2024838888
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $619,825
- Expenses
- $1,610,066
- Assets
- $2,744,661
- Liabilities
- $700,007
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PETER MATTIS (PRESIDENT)
- GLEN E HOWARD (PRESIDENT/CEO - FORMER)
Highest reported compensation
- GLEN E HOWARD (PRESIDENT/CEO - FORMER): $404,526 total reported compensation
- PETER MATTIS (PRESIDENT): $80,769 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To conduct research and analysis concerning conflict and instability in eurasia for the education of the public.
What it reported doing in 2023
China brief is a bi-weekly publication produced by the jamestown foundation that serves as a primary source of timely information and cutting-edge analysis on china and the asia pacific for policymakers, intelligence and military personnel, academics, journalists and business leaders. Its writers include some of the world's leading experts on chinese security, particularly in the area of cyber security and chinese military power. Presented electronically and free of charge, the publication has 7,000 email subscribers worldwide. In addition to its audience in the united states, china brief is widely read in east asia, where articles are regularly translated and reprinted in leading newspapers, journals and websites.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 57.5%; rating input score 58
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -159.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 57.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $926K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $405K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.