Conference Board Inc

Analysis

Conference Board Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1930, 96 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 December 2023, Conference Board Inc reported income of $99.8m and spending of $76.5m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $72.1m to $99.8m (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Conference Board Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America Inc ($98.8m), National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources I ($99.8m) and Uniquesource Products & Services ($98.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.4% and program service revenue 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $5.3m (6.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $32.9m. At year end it held assets of $114.9m against liabilities of $66.7m, net assets of $48.1m. It reported 295 employees.