Halifax International Security Forum

Analysis

Halifax International Security Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Halifax International Security Forum reported income of $6.1m and spending of $6.7m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.1m to $6.1m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Halifax International Security Forum sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee ($6.0m), Partners for Justice ($6.1m) and Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of -$1.1m. It reported 21 employees.