International Relations Council

Analysis

International Relations Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1957, 69 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, International Relations Council reported income of $218k and spending of $263k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $361k to $218k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, International Relations Council 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 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Von and on ($218k), Isaiah Mission Foundation ($218k) and American School of Madrid Foundation ($218k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $59k (23% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $77k. At year end it held assets of $823k against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $800k. It reported 4 employees.