Ciee Inc

Analysis

Ciee Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Carolina, PR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1999, 27 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Ciee Inc reported income of $151.3m and spending of $131.6m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $169.7m to $151.3m (-11%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2020, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ciee Inc sits at the 99th 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 PR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heifer Project International ($149.7m), The Carter Center Inc ($153.8m) and United States Association for Unhcr ($147.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.3% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.7m (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $34.1m. At year end it held assets of $132.4m against liabilities of $83.6m, net assets of $48.8m. It reported 493 employees.