Peace Rising Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824778070
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Somerville, MA, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,177
Expenses
$92,384
Assets
$47,506
Liabilities
$20,812

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Amber Houghstow (Director)
  • Adam Hasz (Secretary)
  • Daniel Tatar (Treasurer)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We identify locations around the world that are most vulnerable to broader social impacts of climate change such as migration, instability, and conflict. From there, we conduct research to understand why these vulnerabilities exist--such as expected climate impacts combined with lack of infrastructure, extractive policies, underinvestment in communities, and other factors. Then we engage with community organizations and policymakers to effect structural changes that support and protect those communities.

What it reported doing in 2020

Alongside our direct impact work, we continue to conduct research in support of future program development. This year, these areas of research included a) performing a systems analysis examining root causes of the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar and its associated refugee crisis together with high impact levers for supporting an end to the crisis, b) expected social impacts of the locust outbreak in the horn of Africa, including food security and migration, and c) an assessment of areas most vulnerable to sociopolitical instability, conflict, and forced displacement as a result of water scarcity. These areas of research have so far resulted in the creation of a second major program area for 2021: Supporting community organizations and associated policy development in the Lake Chad Basin region, where communities are already suffering greatly from the impacts of climate change induced water scarcity. We expect additional program develop to follow as funding permits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.