Open Government Partnership Secretariat

Analysis

Open Government Partnership Secretariat is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2016, 10 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 March 2023, Open Government Partnership Secretariat reported income of $1.6m and spending of $2.8m, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to March 2023, income fell from $11.7m to $1.6m (-87%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Open Government Partnership Secretariat sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teaching for Change ($1.6m), Business Council for Peace Inc ($1.6m) and Insead Management Education Foundation ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $183k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $868k. At year end it held assets of $12.1m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $10.7m.