Electronic Discovery Institute

Analysis

Electronic Discovery Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Ft Lauderdale, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Electronic Discovery Institute reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.7m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Electronic Discovery Institute sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Delaplaine Arts Center Inc ($1.7m), Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation Inc ($1.7m) and Theatrical Outfit Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $124, net assets of $1.5m.