Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Securi

Analysis

Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Securi is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1988, 38 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Securi reported income of $6.8m and spending of $6.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.2m to $6.8m (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Securi sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Magic Bus USA ($6.8m), Building Tomorrow Inc ($6.8m) and International Disaster Emergency Service Inc ($6.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 63% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $444k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. It paid $77k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 30 employees.