Act Institute Inc

Analysis

Act Institute Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Act Institute Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.8m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Act Institute Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boothbay Region Land Trust Inc ($1.8m), If Not US Then Who ($1.8m) and Shenandoah National Park Trust ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $562k against liabilities of $395k, net assets of $167k.