International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Ifes is dedicated to extending democracy worldwide through providing technical assistance in voter education, election administration, civil society, governance, rule of law and political processes.
International Foundation for Electoral Systems at a glance
In short: International Foundation for Electoral Systems gave $1.1M across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $182K), top state District of Columbia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,090,853
- -45.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- +20.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $181,809
- -54.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $67,414
- Total assets
- $18,300,996
- -50.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- District of Columbia (45% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who International Foundation for Electoral Systems funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Internews Network ($474K). Together the top 6 received $1.1M.
Grant Size Distribution
21 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 21 (33%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
Cities
How International Foundation for Electoral Systems gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+1%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $34K (2019) to $2.0M (2024). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $1.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Internews Network Arcata, CA | Programmatic and Technical Activities | $474,496 |
| American Bar Association Washington, DC | Programmatic and Technical Activities | $433,197 |
| Global Hunger Project New York, NY | Technical Electoral Assistance & Education | $98,637 |
| The Brookings Institution Washington, DC | Programmatic and Technical Activities | $36,191 |
| Ethnic Nationalities Phoenix, AZ | Technical Electoral Assistance & Education | $30,000 |
| Free Russia Foundation Washington, DC | Technical Electoral Assistance & Education | $18,332 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,300,996 | $54,102,511 | $54,032,134 | $1,090,853 | 6 | $-1,380,609 |
| 2024 | $36,973,507 | $77,503,021 | $77,341,865 | $1,983,229 | 5 | $118,098 |
| 2023 | $37,223,014 | $77,964,041 | $79,210,610 | $1,505,540 | 4 | $89,657 |
| 2022 | $27,072,489 | $86,728,936 | $86,394,658 | $1,079,237 | 2 | $8,341 |
| 2021 | $29,872,159 | $76,376,806 | $76,029,635 | $1,103,712 | 4 | $208 |
| 2020 | $26,086,962 | $63,443,223 | $62,861,863 | $37,169 | 1 | $2,190 |
| 2019 | $21,441,983 | $60,615,172 | $60,979,141 | $33,930 | 2 | $7,232 |
About International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Based on IRS filings
International Foundation for Electoral Systems is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $18.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $1.1M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
International Foundation for Electoral Systems is led by Anthony N. Banbury, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 11 of 39 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Anthony N. Banbury
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$44K (2019) → $402K (2025)
M. Peter McPherson
Board Chair & Director
Director → Co-Chairman & Director, 2024
Co-Chairman & Director → Board Chair & Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
6 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William C. Eacho
Co-Chairman & Director
Treasurer & Director → Vice Chairman & Director, 2020
Vice Chairman & Director → Co-Chairman & Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
6 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Yard
Country Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$298K (2019) → $321K (2025)
Peter Erben
Country Director & Ukraine
Country Director → Country Director & Ukraine, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$384K (2019) → $523K (2025)
Jerome Leyraud
Country Director & Armenia
Country Director → Country Director & Armenia, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$248K (2020) → $307K (2025)
Pascaline Krone
Country Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$305K (2025)
Vasudevan Mohan
Senior Country Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$324K (2025)
Daniel F. Runde
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Frank J. Donatelli
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Irena Hadziabdic
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
June L. Dehart
Director
Vice Chairman & Director → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth A. Cutshaw
Director
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Randal C. Teague
Secretary & Director
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steny Hoyer
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Theodore Sedgwick
Vice Chairman & Director
Director → Treasurer & Director, 2020
Treasurer & Director → Vice Chairman & Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William J. Hybl
Director
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Attahiru Muhammadu Jega
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Garvin Brown
Treasurer & Director
On filings since 2022
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregori Lebedev
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Judith Kelly
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Biggs
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margot Wallstrom
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Tinsley
Vice Chairman & Director
Director → Vice Chairman & Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Feltman
Director
On filings since 2023
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Albertson
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew S. Natsios
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Frederick S. Humphries Jr.
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurie Richardson
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lorenzo Cordova Vianello
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Miriam Sapiro
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Danny Diaz
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Pelofsky
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Moran
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chad Vickery
Vice President, Gs & Tech Lead
Vice President Global Strategy & Tech Lead → Vice President, Global Strategy & Tech Lead, 2022
Vice President, Global Strategy & Tech Lead → Vice President, Gs & Tech Lead, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$178K (2019) → $255K (2025)
Katherine Ellena
Vice President & Programs
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$178K (2022) → $263K (2025)
Michael Meenan
CFO
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$232K (2022) → $232K (2025)
Natasha Campbell
Vice President, Hr & General Counsel
Vice President, Human Resources & General Counsel → Vice President, Hr & General Counsel, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$226K (2024) → $240K (2025)
Leonard Williams
CFO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$92K (2025)
Former officers (30)
- Former: Nicolas Kaczorowski (2019–2024) — Country Director
- Former: Seray Jah (2023–2024) — Country Director
- Former: Emad Yousef (2024) — Country Director
- Former: Gerald Moran (2024) — Director
- Former: Andres Pastrana (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Donald R. Sweitzer (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: J. Kenneth Blackwell (2019–2023) — Co-Chairman & Director
- Former: Rob Portman (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Thomas A. Devine (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tom McDonald (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Nancy Catherine Barnes (2021–2023) — Vice President, Global Growth & Outreach
- Former: William P. Rowland (2021–2023) — Country Director
- Former: Anna Wiktorowska (2022–2023) — Country Director
- Former: Charles Dolan Jr. (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Evelyn Farkas (2023) — Director
- Former: Denise L. Nappier (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Michael D. Svetlik (2019–2022) — Vice President & Programs
- Former: Rob Narobs (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Genet Menelik (2022) — Deputy Country Director
- Former: N. Catherine Barnes (2022) — Vice President, Global Growth & Outreach
- Former: Paul Geurin (2022) — Country Director
- Former: Astrid Vermeer (2019–2021) — Former CFO
- Former: Catlin O'Neill (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Hermann P. Thiel (2019–2021) — Country Director
- Former: Paul Guerin (2019–2021) — Country Director
- Former: Mike Meenan (2021) — CFO & Beginning
- Former: Sophie Lagueny (2021) — Country Director
- Former: Laurette Bennhold-Samaan (2019–2020) — Vice President & Human Resources
- Former: Rob Nabors (2019) — Director
- Former: William R. Sweeney Jr. (2019) — President & CEO
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $523K, to Peter Erben (Country Director, Ukraine). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about International Foundation for Electoral Systems
How much does International Foundation for Electoral Systems give each year?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems gave $1.1M across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.0M across 5 grants.
What is International Foundation for Electoral Systems's typical grant size?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems's median grant in 2025 was $67,414, and its average grant was $181,809, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does International Foundation for Electoral Systems give grants?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems's top state is District of Columbia, with 45% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were California (43%) and New York (9%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (3 grants).
Does International Foundation for Electoral Systems give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on International Foundation for Electoral Systems's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Programmatic and Technical Activities" (3 grants) and "Technical Electoral Assistance & Education" (3 grants).
Who are International Foundation for Electoral Systems's largest grantees?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems's largest 2025 grantees include Internews Network ($474,496), American Bar Association ($433,197) and Global Hunger Project ($98,637), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 92% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is International Foundation for Electoral Systems?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems reported $18.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $54.1M.
What is International Foundation for Electoral Systems?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Washington, DC. It holds $18.3M in total assets as of 2025.
What is International Foundation for Electoral Systems's EIN?
International Foundation for Electoral Systems's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1527835. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 31, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 2, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 7, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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