Boston Dialogue Foundation Inc

Analysis

Boston Dialogue Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Revere, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Boston Dialogue Foundation Inc reported income of $509k and spending of $548k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $74k to $509k (+586%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Boston Dialogue Foundation Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include His Appointed Time Ministries Inc ($509k), Church of Christ Griffin Road Inc ($510k) and Murugan Temple of St Louis ($509k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $88k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $113k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $490k, net assets of $580k. It reported 4 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.