Harvard World Model United Nations

Analysis

Harvard World Model United Nations is a registered charity in United States, based in Cambridge, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2023, Harvard World Model United Nations reported income of $427k and spending of $471k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2017 to April 2023, income grew from $350k to $427k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1179%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Harvard World Model United Nations sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability ($426k), Croatian Relief Services Inc ($427k) and International Fellowship Inc ($426k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $35k against liabilities of $1,238, net assets of $34k.