Enlightened World Foundation

Analysis

Enlightened World Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in West Conshohocken, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1998, 28 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Enlightened World Foundation reported income of $536k and spending of $417k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1041%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Enlightened World Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Son Light Missions ($536k), Refugee Protection International Inc ($537k) and The Global Uplift Project ($536k).

At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1,000, net assets of $1.5m.