Thisisplace Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843744867
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
2024604654
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$432,984
Expenses
$512,344
Assets
$137,012
Liabilities
$22,727

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PETER RABLEY (DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRANK PICHEL (PARTNER FOR FIELD OPERATIONS): $115,970 total reported compensation
  • AMY REGAS (PARTNER FOR PROGRAMS & SECRETARY): $56,161 total reported compensation
  • PETER RABLEY (DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT): $45,894 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Place is a global non-profit technology organization working to make mapping more timely, affordable and reliable to help solve some of today's greatest challenges. Our vision is to be the most compelling data trust of mapping data for the benefit of people, community, and planet.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Support a network of global partners: place supports global partners working in land tenure, property rights, and geospatial technology. Place supports organizations that are raising awareness about the importance of land tenure, securing property rights and using mapping technology in the developing world. Our support may include mentoring, networking, governance, technology platform, operational efficiency, fundraising strategies and impact measurement. Our support is aimed at enabling these organizations to accomplish their missions more effectively and expanding their reach to a greater numbers of beneficiaries.2. Finalized agreement and logistics for nigeria data collection in the capital city of abuja for early 2025: secured partnerships and field logistics for an urban mapping program in abuja to capture up-to-date imagery and geospatial layers. The data collection will support civic planning, service delivery, and locally-led analytics while enabling place members to build contextual products for governance and civil society uses.3. Created digital public infrastructure global map highlighting where dpi is in use: developed and published a global dpi map that catalogs national-scale systems for digital identity, payments, and data exchangehelping policymakers, funders, and implementers visualize adoption, gaps, and opportunities for interoperable public digital systems. The map aligns with broader dpi measurement efforts and serves as a reference for research and program design.4. Delivered funded training course to the govt. Of turks and caicos in november 2024: designed and delivered capacity-building sessions for government staff focusing on mapping data, data governance, or digital tools (as part of invest tci / government training programs). This training strengthened local skills for managing geospatial data and using place resources to support policy, planning, and service delivery.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 59.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $306K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.