Ronald Coase Institute

Analysis

Ronald Coase Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Ronald Coase Institute reported income of $86k and spending of $40k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $101k to $86k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ronald Coase Institute sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 30th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Three Lakes Center for the Arts in the Northwoods Inc ($86k), Lafayette Citizens Band Inc ($86k) and Funding Team ($86k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $601k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $601k.