Grantmakers in Health

Analysis

Grantmakers in Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Grantmakers in Health reported income of $3.6m and spending of $4.7m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.4m to $3.6m (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Grantmakers in Health sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc ($3.6m), Anglo-American Charitable Foundation Ltd ($3.6m) and Seal Future Foundation Inc ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $778k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $15.4m against liabilities of $3.0m, net assets of $12.5m. It reported 19 employees.