Human Agenda

Analysis

Human Agenda is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Human Agenda reported income of $767k and spending of $775k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $332k to $767k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Human Agenda sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jack & Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts Inc ($767k), Eastern Connecticut Symphony Inc ($767k) and National Estuarine Research Reserve Association Inc ($767k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 53% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $111k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $202k. At year end it held assets of $246k against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $224k. It reported 7 employees.