Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative

What it reported doing in 2024

Harmonizer program: the harmonizer program is both a domestic and an international program that aims to encourage social change and transformation in urban areas affected by violence. Operating in areas marked by destructive conflicts, the program designs and implementsstrategies to promote non-violent conflict resolution and to change the systematic patterns shaped and impacted by conflict. The harmonizer program is also dedicated to enabling researchers to enter conflict zones and evaluate pathways to peace by stimulating economic and communal growth, with a focus on troubled youth in violent areas.multimedia programs: the organization developed an expansive peace-building campaign that is deeply rooted in technology, media, and pop culture. A multifaceted media campaign - declare peace - is aimed at building awareness of the impact of violent conflict around the world. The effort encompasses advertising, music, film, television, public art, and theatre. The campaign plays across multiple content and distribution platforms including broadcast and cable, web and social networks, mobile, and live events.youth peacemaker network program in mexico: the youth peacemaker network (ypn) mexico is a program aimed at fostering lasting peace and sustainable development mainly in tijuana and chiapas. The ypn brings together young people who are motivated to be leaders in peace-building and act as agents of positive change within their communities. Most of these youth stem from vulnerable backgrounds: many youth enrolled in the mexico program are from indigenous communities or have been severely impacted by gang related violence. The program supports these individuals so they can strengthen the peace-building capacity among peers and within their communities. The ypn contributes in particular to conflict and violence prevention by equipping young peacemakers with the social and technical competencies necessary to prevent and mitigate conflict within their communities. Activities to be undertaken under the program include workshops, long-term development programs, one-on-one business trainings, and educational support initiatives, as well as a youth leadership forum to engage high-level decision-makers with the young people impacted by the conflict in mutual dialogue.in 2021, the whitaker peace & development initiative (wpdi) and unesco entered into a partnership to roll out a program in gabon, cameroon and chad. The project, entitled "young people, weavers of peace" ("les jeunes, tisserands de la paix" in french), aims to create a network of 1,800 young leaders for peace and development in the cross-border regions of the three countries. Among them, 750 youths were specifically enrolled on a program for social entrepreneurship led and implemented by wpdi, espousing its tried and tested business bootcamp program. The 750 youths are to be trained at various locations in the cross-border regions and 16 groups of 10 youths will eventually be supported to create 16 cooperative businesses across cameroon, chad and gabon.the youth peacemaker network france: in 2022, we moved to put our international experience at the service of seine-saint-denis, one of the most challenged areas of metropolitan france, which faces numerous challenges in terms of poverty, urban violence, insecurity, social exclusion of youth, issues of gender equality, or difficult relationships between different cultural groups. Our field work began with the establishment of a training center in the city of aubervilliers which offers three training courses free-of-charge in entrepreneurship and business creation; computer training, and human relations management.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -15.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings