Ecumenical Institute

Analysis

Ecumenical Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Ecumenical Institute reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.4m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ecumenical Institute sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Interest Ministries ($1.4m), Rock Church Bay Area ($1.4m) and Roxbury Holiness Camp Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.8% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $312k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $649k. It reported 8 employees.