Comparative and International Education Society

Analysis

Comparative and International Education Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1992, 34 years ago. 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 December 2023, Comparative and International Education Society reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $1.3m (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Comparative and International Education Society sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arc of Adams County ($1.3m), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation Inc ($1.3m) and The Georgia Ffa Foundation Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.3% and program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $744k, net assets of $1.7m.