Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation

Analysis

Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2002, 24 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 September 2023, Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation reported income of $4.2m and spending of $6.8m, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $6.8m to $4.2m (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Numbersusa Education & Research Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Better World Fund ($4.2m), Asha for Education ($4.2m) and Chabad Lubavitch Hospitality Center Eshel Hachnosas Orchim Inc ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $626k (9.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 33 employees.