Directors Council

Analysis

Directors Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 September 2023, Directors Council reported income of $235k and spending of $255k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $332k to $235k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Directors Council sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Brothers Keeper International ($234k), Minnesota Connect Aphasia Now ($235k) and Academic Distinction Fund ($234k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $18k (7.1% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $717k against liabilities of $138k, net assets of $579k.