Public Charity

EVIDENCE ACTION

EVIDENCE ACTION is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $36.2M revenue, $45.1M expenses, $201.0M total assets. 144 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $262.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 900874591 WASHINGTON, DC International Relief NTEE: Q33 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$36.2M
Total Expenses$45.1M
Total Assets$201.0M
Grant Records144
Funding Total$262.7M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

EVIDENCE ACTION AIMS TO BE A WORLD LEADER IN SCALING EVIDENCE-BASED AND COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF POVERTY BY BUILDING A WORLD WHERE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF POOR PEOPLE HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR LIVES ARE MEASURABLY IMPROVED. (SEE SCH. O)

Where $100 goes at Evidence Action

How Evidence Action divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $84 for programs

$38
Safe water
45% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 10 people
$36
Nutrition
43% of program spending
$7
Maternal neonatal and child health
9% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Amrita Ahuja
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER Anne Iden
EXECUTIVE VP, PROGRAMS Brett Sedgewick
BOARD MEMBER Christina Riechers
GENERAL COUNSEL & BOARD SECRETARY Christopher Dunn
BOARD MEMBER Dina Pomeranz

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

International Aid & Development
$125,155,087 25 grants
Human & Social Services
$59,696,340 7 grants
General Support
$58,597,936 81 grants
Health & Medicine
$606,584 7 grants
Research & Policy
$8,403 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $36.2M $45.1M $201.0M
2023 $56.4M $38.0M $200.1M
2022 $130.2M $33.5M $179.4M
2020 $23.8M $23.8M $88.0M
2019 $33.8M $24.9M $86.8M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $33.8M to $36.2M (+7%), with total assets most recently reported at $201.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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