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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: March 2025 Expires: March 2027

Nonviolent Peaceforce

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

2143 Lowry Avenue North, Suite A
Minneapolis, MN, 55114

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Nonviolent Peaceforce meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to protect civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies, build peace side-by-side with local communities, and advocate for the wider adoption of these approaches to safeguard human lives and dignity."

Year, State Incorporated:
2002, MN

Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) works internationally to prevent violence, protect civilians, and promote peace through the use of unarmed civilian protection (UCP). Based in humanitarian and international human rights law, the organization works to solve conflicts within and between communities and countries through nonviolent means. Together, NP and local communities identify risks to safety and create plans for increasing safety and decreasing violence. This can include safety patrols, ceasefire monitoring, fostering relationships across conflict, facilitating humanitarian work, accompanying civilians to safety, training former combatants to use nonviolence and de-escalation, and other protection and peacebuilding tactics. NP currently operates in Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Thailand, the United States, and Ukraine.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Nonviolent Peaceforce's program expenses were:

Program services: $3,330,080

Total Program Expenses: $3,330,080

Chief Executive
Anna Zaros, Interim Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce United States and Director of Organizational Advancement

Chair of the Board
Deepa Sureka

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Chief Operating Officer, Rakuten

Board Size
14

Paid Staff Size
20

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: Current compensation information not available for Ms. Zaros. Former Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce United States Office and Development, Marna Anderson, received $135,485 in compensation during 2023.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events

Fundraising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,575,949, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Nonviolent Peaceforce's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Individual contributions $1,314,835
Foundation and corporate grants and contributions $1,636,391
Government grants $624,723
Contracts $55,930
Investment return, net $143,763
Other revenue $3,500
Total Income $3,779,142

Programs: 81% Fundraising: 13% Administrative: 5%

Total Income $3,779,142
Total expenses: $4,087,357
  Program expenses $3,330,080
  Fundraising expenses $548,795
  Administrative expenses $208,482
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-308,215
Beginning Net Assets $3,917,222
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $3,609,007
Total Liabilities $751,344
Total Assets $4,360,351

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