Rebecca Bender Initiative

Analysis

Rebecca Bender Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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 (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, Rebecca Bender Initiative reported income of $722k and spending of $1.1m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $295k to $722k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Rebecca Bender Initiative sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tassel Inc ($722k), Vasudevananda Charitable Organization Inc ($725k) and First Things Foundation Inc ($721k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $91k (8.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $429k. At year end it held assets of $267k against liabilities of $43k, net assets of $223k. It reported 15 employees.