Negative Population Growth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464868482
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7033709510
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Population Studies

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,749,615
Expenses
$1,366,072
Assets
$22,612,226
Liabilities
$30,686

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Craig Lewis (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Craig Lewis (Executive Director): $152,418 total reported compensation
  • Roxana Ordal (Program Assistant/Asst. Se): $87,101 total reported compensation
  • Sharon Marks (Director): $43,594 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The primary exempt purpose of Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) is to educate the American public and political leaders about the detrimental effects of overpopulation on our environment, resources, and quality of life. NPG is a membership organization that advocates a smaller and truly sustainable United States population accomplished through voluntary incentives for smaller families and reduced immigration levels. NPG is a leader in the movement for a sound population policy that recognizes the crucial linkages between population growth, environmental degradation, and a declining quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2025

Public Education - In an effort to broaden the reach of our critical message to millions of Americans, we run advertisements in national publications such as the Washington Times National Weekly, Washington Examiner, and several special editions of USA Today. We enlist the activism of our nation's young people through our annual NPG scholarship contests, and work with educators across the country through our free NPG teacher's packet program. NPG publications are distributed to our nationwide membership, the full U.S. Congress, key contacts in the media, and other interested organizations. Our website, www.npg.org, is also a trusted and valuable resource for tens of thousands of online visitors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 68.7%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 11th 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: 50.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.55; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 68.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $938K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 7 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $149K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.