Logo for InfluenceWatch InfluenceWatch

Donate
Non-profit

Beyond Conflict

Website:

beyondconflictint.org/
Tax ID:

27-2008529
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2020):

Revenue: $1,854,758
Expenses: $2,922,611
Assets: $5,469,721
Location:

Boston, Massachusetts
Founder and CEO:

Tim Phillips

Contact InfluenceWatch with suggested edits or tips for additional profiles.

Beyond Conflict is a left-of-center organization that offers programming relating to global conflict resolution and the racial wealth divide in Boston. 1 It has received funding from, among other donors, the Ford Foundation. 2

Overview

Beyond Conflict runs various programs relating to conflict resolution ideas and strategies. One is Democracy and Social Identity, focused on the racial wealth divide in Boston and divisive racial issues in America. Another is International Peacebuilding, focused on dehumanization and conflict. finally, Beyond Conflict offers Trauma and Violent Conflict, where it deals with conflict, trauma, and other mental health issues using tools like the “Field Guide for Barefoot Psychology,” a pilot educational and self-care tool written for displaced adults and those working with them. 3

The organization has an international advisory council that includes figures including former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and former president of Costa Rica Oscar Arias. 4

Funding

In 2019, Beyond Conflict was awarded a two-year, $100,000 grant by the Cummings Foundation to address the racial wealth divide in Boston. 5 Beyond Conflict has also received financial support from the Ford Foundation in the form of 3 different grants from $100,000 to $300,000. 6 Beyond Conflict is also supported by the U.S Department of State. 7

People

Tim Phillips is the founder and CEO of Beyond Conflict. He has been involved in peace and reconciliation efforts in several nations such as South Africa, Northern Ireland, and El Salvador. He has also been an advisor to the Council of Europe, the United Nations, and the U.S Department of State. He is a founder of Energia Global International Ltd. (EGI), a company that was involved in the operation and development of privately owned renewable energy facilities in Central and South America in the early 1990s. In the late 1980s Philips organized a series of missions to Central America to introduce U.S policy makers, Congressional staff, and editors to key political players in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. These missions were used as an opportunity to support the work of former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. 8

Phillips was educated at Suffolk University and the London School of Economics. 9 He also helped launch and sits on the Advisory Committee of the Club of Madrid, 10 which is the largest forum of former heads of state and government with more than 90 former presidents and prime ministers as members. 11

References

  1. “PROGRAMS.” Beyond Conflict. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://beyondconflictint.org/what-we-do/programs#1529198893554-c5c4efbf-4155.
  2. “Grants All.” Ford Foundation. Accessed November 26, 2021. https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all?page=74&minyear=2006&maxyear=2021.
  3. “PROGRAMS.” Beyond Conflict. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://beyondconflictint.org/what-we-do/programs#1529198893554-c5c4efbf-4155.
  4. “International Advisory Council.” Beyond Conflict. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://beyondconflictint.org/who-we-are/internation-advisory-counsil/.
  5. “Beyond Conflict Awarded $100,000 to Address the Racial Wealth Divide in Boston.” Beyond Conflict. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://beyondconflictint.org/news-blog/810-2/.
  6. “Grants All.” Ford Foundation. Accessed November 26, 2021. https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all?page=74&minyear=2006&maxyear=2021
  7. Beyond Conflict Annual Report 2019-20. Beyond Conflict. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://beyondconflictint.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Beyond-Conflict-Annual-Report-19-20-.pdf.
  8. “Tim Phillips.” FrameWorks Institute. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/person/tim-phillips/.
  9. “Tim Phillips.” FrameWorks Institute. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/person/tim-phillips/.
  10. “Board of Directors.” Beyond Conflict. Accessed November 28, 2021. https://beyondconflictint.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/#timothy-phillips.
  11. “Club De Madrid.” European Partnership for Democracy (EPD). Last modified February 18, 2021. https://epd.eu/communityofpractice/club-de-madrid/.
  See an error? Let us know!

Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: June - May
  • Tax Exemption Received: August 1, 2010

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2020 Jun Form 990 $1,854,758 $2,922,611 $5,469,721 $4,271,968 N $1,783,474 $55,881 $15,403 $343,457 PDF
    2019 Jun Form 990 $945,138 $2,929,767 $2,518,927 $253,321 N $856,264 $60,536 $28,338 $343,428 PDF
    2018 Jun Form 990 $5,295,686 $1,659,181 $4,464,925 $214,690 N $5,261,921 $33,468 $297 $168,750 PDF
    2017 Jun Form 990 $1,082,382 $626,442 $706,961 $93,231 N $1,045,872 $36,510 $0 $119,090
    2016 Jun Form 990 $761,475 $783,448 $190,954 $33,164 N $746,347 $15,128 $0 $140,000 PDF
    2015 Jun Form 990 $882,207 $796,213 $245,943 $66,180 N $877,033 $5,174 $0 $167,059 PDF
    2014 Jun Form 990 $816,390 $903,206 $174,285 $80,516 N $809,570 $6,820 $0 $158,516 PDF
    2013 Jun Form 990 $832,101 $828,578 $182,558 $1,973 N $832,101 $0 $0 $157,083 PDF
    2012 Jun Form 990 $590,913 $476,416 $217,611 $40,549 N $590,913 $0 $0 $0 PDF
    2011 Jun Form 990 $227,263 $166,314 $90,863 $28,298 N $227,263 $0 $0 $0 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)