Andrei Sakharov Foundation

Analysis

Andrei Sakharov Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1991, 35 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, Andrei Sakharov Foundation reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $324k to $1.0m (+223%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 71%. 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, Andrei Sakharov Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Africa Humanitarian Organization ($1.0m), Escr-Net-International Network for Economic Social and Cultural Inc ($1.0m) and Kheyti Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.