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People for the American Way Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 13-3065716 · Civil Rights & Advocacy · tax-exempt since 1981

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 73.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 2,621 civil rights & advocacy nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.14.0 months85
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.89% of practices89
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.20
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.90% from one source72
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.71.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.34not scored

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Year by year

201520162017201820202022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$4.21M$5.69M−$1.49M$6.64M14.034B
Sep 2024Form 990$5.58M$5.27M$316K$7.90M18.047B
Sep 2023Form 990$3.73M$4.99M−$1.26M$7.28M17.558B
Sep 2022Form 990$5.73M$5.84M−$111K$8.04M16.580A
Dec 2020Form 990$6.12M$7.20M−$1.08M$9.82M16.4108B
Dec 2018Form 990$5.94M$5.96M−$20K$10.06M20.360B
Dec 2017Form 990$7.44M$5.19M$2.25M$11.16M25.860C
Dec 2016Form 990$4.23M$4.89M−$662K$8.25M20.259C
Dec 2015Form 990$5.13M$4.86M$272K$8.33M20.655C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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