Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Analysis

Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.5m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ryans Case for Smiles ($2.5m), East Arkansas Youth Services Inc ($2.5m) and Center for Developmental Services D-B-A CDS ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 42% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $181k (7.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. It paid $59k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $491k, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 26 employees.