Natural Resource Governance Institute

Analysis

Natural Resource Governance Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2007, 19 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 (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, Natural Resource Governance Institute reported income of $10.7m and spending of $13.8m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $12.7m to $10.7m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Natural Resource Governance Institute sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sofia American Schools Inc ($10.5m), Alliance for Global Justice ($10.7m) and Haitian Health Foundation Inc ($10.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $684k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. At year end it held assets of $10.2m against liabilities of $4.5m, net assets of $5.7m. It reported 13 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.