Becket Athenaeum Inc

Analysis

Becket Athenaeum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Becket, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Becket Athenaeum Inc reported income of $317k and spending of $255k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $212k to $317k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Becket Athenaeum Inc sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 64th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Selma Dallas County Public Library Foundations Inc ($316k), Kent State University Research Corporation ($317k) and Cager Athletic Foundation ($316k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $58k (23% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $66k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 14 employees.