Denison University Research Foundation

Analysis

Denison University Research Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Granville, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1960, 66 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Denison University Research Foundation reported income of $137k and spending of $220k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $117k to $137k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Denison University Research Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Athens Rotary Foundation ($137k), University of Missouri College of Engineering Foundation ($137k) and Lake Belton Band Boosters ($137k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $1,500, net assets of $2.7m.