Sustained Dialogue Institute

Analysis

Sustained Dialogue Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Sustained Dialogue Institute reported income of $440k and spending of $285k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $665k to $440k (-34%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Sustained Dialogue Institute sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Economy Shop ($440k), Behind the Blue ($440k) and Avamar Foundation ($440k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.1% and program service revenue 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $186k. At year end it held assets of $606k against liabilities of $131k, net assets of $475k. It reported 4 employees.