Pacific Islands Research Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263103099
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Friday Harbor, WA, USA
Phone
3603789792
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Hospital, General

Reported finances

Expenses
$5,861
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LYNN DANAHER (PRESIDENT/TR)

People named in this filing

  • LYNN DANAHER (PRESIDENT/TR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The primary goal of piri is to impart knowledge and appreciation of the special environments, history and cultures of the pacific islands to all interested parties. We accomplish this through a varied series of educational programs, lectures and exhibits. These programs are offered to schools and the general public.

What it reported doing in 2025

Piri organizes research expiditions to remote pacific islands. These involve promoting education, as well as archaeological, biological and environmental studies. Our interest is to promote a greateer understanding of these past cultures in a wider nonsectarian universal sphere. This allows pacific island cultures to better conceptualize their past events and feel pride in their unique past cultural accomplishments, such as their astronomical knowledge and navigational skills, or the carving, transport and erection of the giant stone statues on easter island. Piri has sponsored the construction of the rapa nui observatory and planetarium on easter island.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.