Center for Inquiry Development Fund

Analysis

Center for Inquiry Development Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1998, 28 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Center for Inquiry Development Fund reported income of $864k and spending of $85k, leaving 90% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $787k to $864k (+9.8%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Center for Inquiry Development Fund sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Southeast Missouri ($864k), Starfinder Foundation ($865k) and Kings United Way ($863k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $20k. At year end it held assets of $32.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $32.5m.