American Institute for Respiratory Equity

Analysis

American Institute for Respiratory Equity is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2025. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, 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 December 2023, American Institute for Respiratory Equity reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $484k to $3.4m (+607%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 464%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Institute for Respiratory Equity sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alpha Connection Youth & Family Services ($3.4m), Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($3.4m) and Hope on Haven Hill ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $156k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $89k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $941k, net assets of $577k. It reported 4 employees.