Ecdysis Foundation

Analysis

Ecdysis Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Estelline, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Ecdysis Foundation reported income of $4.9m and spending of $3.4m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $553k to $4.9m (+787%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ecdysis Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Go-Getters Inc ($4.9m), Nova Treatment Community Inc ($4.9m) and Sexual Assault Center ($4.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $89k (2.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $216k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 42 employees.