The Committee of Seventy

Analysis

The Committee of Seventy is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, The Committee of Seventy reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.3m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.9m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, The Committee of Seventy sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Notification Is Prevention Foundation Inc ($1.9m), Enneagram Prison Project ($1.9m) and Clallam Public Defender ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $212k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $431k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $744k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 10 employees.