PSI

Overview

Mission

PSI makes it easier for all people to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire. People & Communities We prioritize the voices of people and communities in designing programs, deliver direct-to-consumer products and information, and accelerate social and behavioral change for health impact. In South Africa, we co-developed a peer-support “coaching” program with men living with HIV using a human-centered design approach. The solution transforms how men living with HIV engage in care and treatment and how they see themselves as active members of their communities. South Africa’s Ministry of Health has since institutionalized the program.

Operating model

Revenue model

Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.

Distribution model

Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

• 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 91
• Transparency & Controls: 81
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 32
• Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
• Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $278.6M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $529K · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.3M reported
• Consistency: 42 of 44 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2008 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 19 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.

• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.