Tibet Fund

Analysis

Tibet Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Tibet Fund reported income of $12.4m and spending of $11.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.2m to $12.4m (+11%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Tibet Fund sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Relief Fund ($12.3m), American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc ($12.4m) and Amref Health Africa Inc ($12.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $283k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $212k. At year end it held assets of $9.7m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $8.5m. It reported 5 employees.