International Foundation for Ethical Research Inc

Analysis

International Foundation for Ethical Research Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, International Foundation for Ethical Research Inc reported income of $217k and spending of $189k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $258k to $217k (-16%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, International Foundation for Ethical Research Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kanines and Kitties Inc ($217k), Second Chance Animal Shelter ($218k) and Pennsylvania State Animal Response Team ($217k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $989k.