Institute for the Study of Human Awareness

Analysis

Institute for the Study of Human Awareness is a registered charity in United States, based in Bruce, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Institute for the Study of Human Awareness reported income of $275k and spending of $50k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $503k to $275k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Institute for the Study of Human Awareness sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Apache County Fair & Racing Association ($275k), Project Milk Mission ($275k) and Rhize Up and Connect Inc ($275k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $2,789, net assets of $2.1m.