Antiquarian Booksellers Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Antiquarian Booksellers Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1982, 44 years ago. 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, Antiquarian Booksellers Benevolent Fund reported income of $59k and spending of $51k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $48k to $59k (+22%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Antiquarian Booksellers Benevolent Fund sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tustin Area Senior Center Fund Inc ($59k), PTA Texas Congress ($59k) and Wakefield Educational Foundation Inc ($59k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $243k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $243k.