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Prevention Institute reported $7.1 million in revenue and $7.9 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $78.70 went to program services, $20.37 to management and general costs and $0.93 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 80.4% of the total. Government grants made up 18.1%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $295,424 (Executive Director). 15 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 37% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $7.9MFor context, the median across 876 covered arts, culture & humanities charities: $79.98 programs, $13.89 management, $6.13 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $7.1MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 78.7% | 78.5% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 20.4% | 13.6% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.9% | 6.0% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.01 | $0.10 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 80.4% | 57.5% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 18.1% | 1.7% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 12.1% | 20.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $295,424 | $385,706 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 3.74% | 2.03% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 15 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 29.1 | 36.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 8 of 9 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseCommunity-centered Practice: We work with community collaboratives and networks of community collaboratives to coordinate communities of practice and learning communities; facilitate peer learning; provide coaching and mentoring; support community engagement, planning, and capacity building; build power with communities; and manage grants at the local, regional, state and national levels. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve: community-defined solutions; community-level change across sociocultural, physical and built, educational, and economic environments; shifts in power to…
Practitioner Knowledge and Skill Development: We partner with practitioners across sectors to provide training and technical assistance; develop actionable tools, guidance documents, and case studies; support framework development; and broadly share learnings and outcomes from community-centered practice and work. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve: applied knowledge and skills; the ability to operationalize equity objectives; a skilled and sustainable workforce; stronger capacity for upstream, community, and population level practice; the ability to partner and collaborate with…
Policy & Systems Transformation: We collaborate with policymakers, payers, system influencers, and advocacy partners to champion local, state, and federal policy and systems change rooted in a positive vision and hope for the future; align interconnected priorities across public health, health equity, and racial justice; and elevate community-centered practice and learnings. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve: systems of prevention, health equity, and racial justice; integration of contextual and experiential evidence; embedding and operationalizing equity objectives within systems…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Director Director/trustee, officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $264,627 | $0 | $30,797 | $295,424 |
| Chief Operating Officer Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $207,692 | $0 | $35,620 | $243,312 |
| Managing Director Key employee, 32.00 hrs/week | $175,541 | $0 | $39,242 | $214,783 |
| Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $144,518 | $0 | $51,281 | $195,799 |
| Finance Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $154,828 | $0 | $30,741 | $185,569 |
| Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $144,186 | $0 | $30,438 | $174,624 |
| Director Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $144,577 | $0 | $28,870 | $173,447 |
| Director of Policy and Advocacy Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $159,662 | $0 | $11,461 | $171,123 |
15 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Prevention Institute (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $710K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b9 · 8 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4Yes
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 537
- Volunteers Part I, line 611
Largest outside contractors
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| Centro para la Reconstruccion del Habita Community planning services | $380,000 |
| Imperial Valley Equipment and Justice Capacity building and technical assistan | $250,000 |
| On The Move Capacity building and technical assistan | $250,000 |
| The Kennedy Commission Capacity building and technical assistan | $250,000 |
| South Bronx Unite Capacity building and technical assistan | $200,000 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 12 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
7 private foundations reported grants to Prevention Institute totaling $2.8M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Prevention Institute's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Prevention Institute, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Prevention Institute spent in FY2025, $78.70 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Prevention Institute's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, Prevention Institute reported that 78.7% of its $7.9 million in expenses went to program services, 20.4% to management and general and 0.9% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Prevention Institute pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Prevention Institute reported for one person in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 was $295,424, for the role of Executive Director (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Prevention Institute get its money?
Of $7.1 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 80.4% came from contributions and grants (including 18.1% from government grants) and 12.1% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Prevention Institute a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 94-3282858 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, object 202632259349302573 · read the filing
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, object 202522259349302132 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, object 202422279349301787 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, object 202312149349300911 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, object 202201799349300530 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, object 202131819349300748 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 94-3282858: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.