Nonprofit · EIN 26-3744952
PEACE WINDS AMERICA
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,695,358 | $1,755,488 | -$60,130 | $418,938 | $148,360 | $270,578 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $3,755,825 | $3,764,084 | -$8,259 | $663,649 | $348,481 | $315,168 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $4,214,217 | $4,138,216 | $76,001 | $729,135 | $410,327 | $318,808 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,695,339
- of which government grants
- $1,565,140
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $19
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,151,966
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $152,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $238,175
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $505,023
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $19,425
- Occupancy
- $3,425
- Travel
- $38,249
- Program services (functional)
- $1,508,156
- Management and general (functional)
- $237,297
- Fundraising (functional)
- $10,035
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $663,649
- Total assets, end of year
- $418,938
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $148,360
- Net assets, end of year
- $270,578
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $269,003
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,575
- Gross receipts
- $1,695,358
- Employees
- 5
- Year formed
- 2008
- State of legal domicile
- WA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES GANNON | CEO Officer | 40 | $152,000 |
| DR CHARLES AANENSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL GREENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GENERAL WALLACE GREGSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SENATOR MAZIE HIRONO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMBASSADOR THOMAS HUBBARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RANDOLPH MARTIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DR MIGNON MAZIQUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| REPRESENTATIVE AKIHISA NAGASHIMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KENSUKE ONISHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR SHEILA SMITH | TRUSTEE/DIRE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICHOLAS SZECHENYI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GENERAL NOBORU YAMAGUCHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RIKA YAMAMOTO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMBASSADOR SHUNJI YANAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE NISSLY | CEO Officer | 40 | $171,511 |
| JAMES GANNON | CEO Officer | 40 | $2,808 |
| DR CHARLES AANENSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL GREENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| GENERAL WALLACE GREGSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SENATOR MAZIE HIRONO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| AMBASSADOR THOMAS HUBBARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| RANDOLPH MARTIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DR MIGNON MAZIQUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| REPRESENTATIVE AKIHISA NAGASHIMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| KENSUKE ONISHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| DR SHEILA SMITH | TRUSTEE/DIRE Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| GENERAL NOBORU YAMAGUCHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| RIKA YAMAMOTO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| AMBASSADOR SHUNJI YANAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE NISSLY | CEO Officer | 40 | $158,394 | $13,674 |
| DR CHARLES AANENSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| GENERAL THOMAS CONANT | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES GANNON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL GREENE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| GENERAL WALLACE GREGSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SENATOR MAZIE HIRONO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| AMBASSADOR THOMAS HUBBARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| RANDOLPH MARTIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR MIGNON MAZIQUE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| REPRESENTATIVE AKIHISA NAGASHIMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| KENSUKE ONISHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY SEARIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| GENERAL NOBORU YAMAGUCHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| AMBASSADOR SHUNJI YANAI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1816 JEFFERSON PL NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-2505
- In care of
- % WAYNE NISSLY
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JAMES GANNON, 1717 PENNSLYVANIA AVE NW STE 1025, WASHINGTON, DC 200063951
- Signed the 990
- JAMES GANNON, CEO
- Phone
- (202) 559-8627
- Website
- PEACEWINDSAMERICA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CHRISTEN SOUERS LLC
Mission
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF TO DISASTER SURVIVORS, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE, AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD AFFECTED BY DISASTERS, CONFLICT, AND OTHER CRISES.
Program accomplishments
- AIDING KURDS AND OTHER VULNERABLE REFUGEES. PEACE WINDS AMERICA HAS IMPROVED THE LIVELIHOODS AND WELLBEING OF SYRIAN REFUGEES LIVING IN IRAQ. PROVIDED UPGRADED SHELTERS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEE HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FORCED TO LIVE IN TENTS, BRINGING THEM A GREATER SENSE OF DIGNITY AND SAFETY.Expenses $1,508,156 · grants $1,151,966
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-3744952
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2009
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief (M20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $418,938
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,695,358
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,695,358 | $1,755,488 | $418,938 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $3,755,825 | $3,764,084 | $663,649 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $4,214,217 | $4,138,216 | $729,135 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $4,891,489 | $4,834,736 | $593,981 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-3744952).
Questions about PEACE WINDS AMERICA
- What is the EIN of PEACE WINDS AMERICA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PEACE WINDS AMERICA is 26-3744952.
- Is PEACE WINDS AMERICA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2009.
- Are donations to PEACE WINDS AMERICA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PEACE WINDS AMERICA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of PEACE WINDS AMERICA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PEACE WINDS AMERICA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PEACE WINDS AMERICA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names JAMES GANNON.
- Who are the officers and directors of PEACE WINDS AMERICA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $152,000 (JAMES GANNON, CEO).
- How much revenue does PEACE WINDS AMERICA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,695,358, expenses of $1,755,488 and total assets of $418,938 at year end.
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