Bergeys Manual Trust

Analysis

Bergeys Manual Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Athens, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1949, 77 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bergeys Manual Trust reported income of $158k and spending of $29k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $78k to $158k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 231%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bergeys Manual Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council of Academic Deans for Research Education Institutions ($158k), Michigan Air Guard Historical Association ($159k) and Association for Special Children and Families Inc ($158k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.2% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $721k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $721k.