National Sleep Foundation

Analysis

National Sleep Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2023, National Sleep Foundation reported income of $2.6m and spending of $3.6m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $3.2m to $2.6m (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 275%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Sleep Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Blessings Flow Inc ($2.6m), Mary and Alexander Laughlin Childrens Center ($2.6m) and Sterling Park Rescue Squad Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $10.8m against liabilities of $981k, net assets of $9.9m. It reported 10 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.