P E O International Peace Scholarship Fund

Analysis

P E O International Peace Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, P E O International Peace Scholarship Fund reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.3m, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $2.3m to $3.2m (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, P E O International Peace Scholarship Fund sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central American Medical Outreach Inc ($3.2m), F L a G Inc ($3.2m) and Thesentry Org Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $32k. At year end it held assets of $9.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $9.0m.