Brookfield Institute

Analysis

Brookfield Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Palmer, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2007, 19 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, Brookfield Institute reported income of $76k and spending of $73k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $52k to $76k (+45%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brookfield Institute sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakota Friends Circle ($76k), Plainview-Elgin Area Food Shelf Inc ($76k) and Chester Housing Foundation ($76k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $41k against liabilities of $2,196, net assets of $39k.