EIN 94-1703155

Population Connection

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
54
Year formed
1968
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Population Connection is the national grassroots population organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth's resources.
Total revenues
$11,280,805
2022
Total expenses
$12,721,808
2022
Total assets
$27,050,255
2022
Num. employees
54
2022

Program areas at Population Connection

Communications: to keep Population Connection members and supporters, federal decisionmakers, and journalists up-to-date on u.s. and global Population issues. 2022 highlights include: Population Connection published four issues of Population Connection magazine, which has a circulation of approximately 65,000; hard copies are received by Population Connection members, every member of congress, and over 3,000 public and university libraries. We published three op-eds and one letter to the editor in newspapers in the u.s. and u.k. and were mentioned and/or quoted in seven additional news articles written by journalists. We published 34 blog posts on the Population Connection website, ranging in topic from megacities to unintended pregnancies to the 8 billion Population milestone that happened in november 2022. We responded to hundreds of information requests from students, donors, and members of the general public, acting as an informational resource for people writing academic papers, developing presentations for their community groups, and drafting letters to the editors of their local newspapers. Our facebook, twitter, and instagram accounts shared news and other items with our followers, providing a digital opportunity for two-way communications with supporters. Our communications staff attended the international conference on family planning in thailand in november 2022, where we hosted an exhibit booth and shared information about our organization and about Population and related topics with other conference attendees.
Population education: to promote Population literacy among american youth by (1) providing educators with teaching resources and professional development workshops to help them effectively cover Population dynamics and their impacts in k-12 classrooms; and (2) preparing educators to offer training to other teachers through the Population education training network (petnet). Finally, to provide follow-up assistance and information enabling former trainees to apply their training most effectively. 2022 highlights include: staff and volunteer teacher trainers conducted 505 pop ed workshops (both in-person and virtual) for educators in 45 states, dc and 5 canadian provinces. We also hosted a weekend leadership institute to train new volunteer trainers. This was held in Massachusetts in july 2022 for 26 participants from across the country. We judged 2,638 student video submissions to the 11th annual world of 7 billion video contest for middle and high school students, covering the topics of ocean health, urbanization, and food & agriculture. We facilitated a graduate-level online course for 28 middle and high school science and social studies teachers through adams state university during the summer and fall semesters (2 offerings).
Membership: success in the areas of advocacy and public education depends largely on the support and dedication of the organization's members. We have 40,000 members across the nation, helping reach our goals through public outreach, such as sharing information at local community events, hosting film screenings, distributing our magazine, or writing letters to the editor of local newspapers. We support our members by providing materials for their distribution, paying registration and logistical fees for local events such as earth day, holding training and information sessions, responding to their correspondence and requests for information, and orders for our products and/or publications. During the pandemic, we shifted to virtual events for our members. In 2022, we hosted expert speakers, a Population book club, online film screenings, and sessions from our global partners.
Field and outreach: to assist Population Connection activists nationwide in building and sustaining state and local educational, media and lobbying efforts on behalf of Population Connection through organizing and providing training, technical assistance and funding. Represent Population Connection in coalitions focused on grassroots action and at public presentations and exhibitions as needed. 2022 highlights include: our annual capitol hill days advocacy event. We hosted 47 activists for the virtual event, who attended a variety of sessions focused on domestic and global reproductive health policy, family planning and reproductive health programs around the world, storytelling for organizing, and climate, Population, and reproductive health. We also hosted an advocacy training to prepare activists to meet, virtually, with their members of congress. During our lobby day, 18 activists met with 32 house and senate offices to lobby for a greater u.s. investment in international family planning, support for unfpa, and a permanent legislative ban on the global gag rule. Working with our domestic reproductive health, rights, and justice partners to fight against abortion bans and threats to reproductive freedom following the overturning of roe v. wade. These events included an immediate debriefing event--following the overturning of roe v. wade in dobbs vs. jackson women's health organization--an "abortion defender" training, two letter to the editor trainings, and panel events with global partners, as well as abortion providers. 131 people attended these events.
Government relations: to inform congress and the administration about Population issues and to advocate the adoption of measures to move the united states and the world towards stabilizing Population; to influence population-related legislation; to mobilize members to take action. 2022 highlights: Population Connection continues to strengthen our relationships with international non-governmental organizations (ngos) in africa and latin america. We look for the type of ngo that's been embedded in its community and is an organic part of the community, with the mission to improve the relationship between people and the environment. The vision of these ngos is complementary with Population Connection's mission to stabilize Population at a level that can be sustained by the environment. Population Connection started its global partners program in 2020, awarding grants to four (4) international nonprofit organizations working in the phe (Population, health, and environment) space. We have continued to work with these original groups, conservation through public health (ctph)--uganda; wings guatemala; stretchers youth organization (stretchers)kenya; and turimiquire foundation venezuela, and we've added a few new groups to our grant roster. We seek to partner with ngos partners, that are organic responses to pressing social, cultural, and economic challenges. We choose partners that respond to these challenges with innovative, community-based programs that aim to improve the relationship between people and the environment. The ngo's vision complements Population Connection's mission to stabilize world Population at a level that can be sustained by earth's resources. We gained a few new grantees in 2022 by referral and word of mouth: hope for kenya slum adolescents initiative - hksai (kenya); lemur love (madagascar)); and nasaruni academy for maasai girls (kenya). Because Population Connection's programs are located in the us, and not overseas, we mentor groups at a long distance.this includes recently organized ngos, most very small with budgets to match. All, however, service their local populations directly. So one of our goals is to help the ngos become sustainable, program-wise and financially. We want to call attention to the vital work done by programs operating under very difficult situations. And finally, we strive to help groups mediate the relationships between humans, the environment, and animals, raising the quality of life for all.the ngos have specific, achievable metrics, and standardized methods of evaluation, which they send us to demonstrate their achievements and challenges. The pandemic obviously made partners' work difficult and very challenging. But all made it through 2022, and met their operational goals. The following paragraphs discuss some of the groups, their missions, and a snapshot of highlights and accomplishments attained in 2022. 2022 achievements of selected global partnersi. Conservation through public health (ctph) enables a safe and healthy coexistence between humans, gorillas, and other wildlife living in "close quarters," in the ugandan public lands, promoting and managing biodiversity conservation and helping people access health services. This holistic approach improves livelihoods and conserves critical ecosystems, making it a perfect fit for Population Connection's mission of balancing Population growth, human activity, animals, and the environment. Ctph fulfilled its key 2022 goals, with examples that include 1) increasing its gorilla health monitoring via clinical signs and fecal sampling. Ctph followed 200+ mountain gorillas in the 22 habituated gorilla groups of bwindi impenetrable national park, collecting 1,663 gorilla fecal samples, 458 livestock (cattle and goats) samples, and 249 human samples. Analysis revealed vital information regarding close and frequent interaction between gorillas, livestock, and humans at water points, crop gardens, and public transport trails. Additionally, findings revealed increased gorilla human - livestock parasitic infection from foraging at park boundaries or in community land.ii. Wings guatemala: wings provides quality reproductive health services and education to underserved, primarily rural, guatemalan men, women, and young people. Population Connection has partnered with wings as it works to enable women and families to control their fertility, thereby slowing guatemala's rapidly growing Population, and lowering the use of natural resources. One in three (33%) of indigenous women has no access to health and family planning services. And 80% of guatemala's indigenous Population lives in poverty-in part due to this unmet need. Population Connection's support helps wings bring essential reproductive health care to low-income, rural, and indigenous Population in guatemala via mobile medical units, stationary clinics, satellite teams, and by partnering with local hospitals. The organization offers access to the full range of temporary and permanent contraception, as well as general reproductive health services, including cervical cancer prevention services and treatment for commonly occurring sexually transmitted infections (stis). Not surprisingly, covid-19 had a very negative impact on guatemala's standard of public health. Fortunately, wings kept up its breakneck pace, and even increased many of its numbers, including tubal ligations, which was increased by 134% over the year. In all, since its beginnings about 20 years ago, wings service provision has prevented an estimated 360,945 unintended pregnancies, 1,981 child deaths and 122 maternal deaths. In 2022, wings reactivated its services to near pre-pandemic levels and put in motion the high-growth strategic plan paused during the height of the pandemic. Wings continued to ensure access to quality, affordable reproductive health services through its network of 30 volunteer health promoters, 3 mobile medical units, 2 stationary clinics at the antigua and guatemala city dump, and four (4) regional satellite teams (retalhuleu/suchitepquez, santa rosa, chimaltenango, and alta verapaz). These operations provided higher results than the metrics predicted for 2021. By adjusting its operations, wings' services included educational talks and private counseling for sexual and reproductive needs; short and long-acting reversible contraception; cervical cancer screening/treatment; and permanent birth control procedures.iii. Stretchers youth organization is a membership based, youth-led grassroots nonprofit that promotes health rights, good governance, and gender equality among indigenous youth and women in underserved sections of kenya. Stretchers works on integration of capacity building, as well as advocacy and information sharing through linkage to services for a sustainable society. The group's goals to improve health, governance, gender equality, and sustainability makes it an excellent partner for Population Connection. In 2022, a grant from Population Connection allowed stretchers to increase the reach of its programs, and institutionalize project kibe in mombasa county. Intended to improve the sexual and reproductive health of children and adolescents, 10 - 24 years of age, stretchers' goal for the kibe project includes strengthening hiv and srh services and community systems. Local youth have a multiplicity of health and social challenges due to poverty and lack of education. These problems includie sexually transmitted infections, hiv/aids, drug and substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and sexual and gender based violence.in 2022, stretchers held youth trainings about srhr (sexual and reproductive health and rights), and how to effectively discuss these issues with peers, and adults. Stretchers also organized numerous "community youth villages," bringing together youths from marginalized communities who held focus group discussions on theirchallenges. Eleven villages sponosred trainings, reaching approximately 611 adolescents in mombasa and kilifi counties. Stretchers also held its 2nd girl summit, for international day of the girl child. Attended by adolescent boys and girls, county and national officials, and community members, the event organized breakout groups, presentations, and panel discussion around the health and well-being of young people.

Grants made by Population Connection

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Population Connection Action FundProgram Support$975,000
National Network of Abortion FundsProgram Support$200,000
Turimiquire FoundationProgram Support$55,000
...and 12 more grants made

Who funds Population Connection

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Foundation for the CarolinasCharitable Gift$4,000,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$403,782
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$183,800
...and 75 more grants received totalling $5,060,900

Personnel at Population Connection

NameTitleCompensation
John SeagerPresident and Chief Executive Officer$311,130
Maria OrozcoSenior Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer$221,790
Brian DixonSenior Vice President for Governmental and Political Affairs$227,045
Marian StarkeyVice President for Communications$172,783
Nicole MartinVice President for Marketing
...and 31 more key personnel

Financials for Population Connection

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$10,875,020
Program services$2,490
Investment income and dividends$374,374
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$25,432
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-2,692
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$6,181
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$11,280,805

Form 990s for Population Connection

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-09-06990View PDF
2021-122022-08-09990View PDF
2020-122021-07-19990View PDF
2019-122021-06-01990View PDF
2018-122019-10-09990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 2, 2024
Received grants
Identified 17 new grant, including a grant for $4,000,000 from Foundation for the Carolinas
November 7, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
October 24, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
October 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $33,900 from Give Lively Foundation
August 20, 2023
Received grants
Identified 38 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation
Nonprofit Types
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Issues
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Characteristics
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General information
Address
2120 L St NW 500
Washington, DC 20037
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Website URL
populationconnection.org/ 
Phone
(202) 332-2200
Facebook page
PopulationConnection 
IRS details
EIN
94-1703155
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1968
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C60: Environmental Education
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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