Society for the Study of Evolution Inc

Analysis

Society for the Study of Evolution Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Society for the Study of Evolution Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $1.4m (-8.8%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Society for the Study of Evolution Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brockway Television Inc ($1.4m), Rock to the Future ($1.4m) and Anns Circle Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.6% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $25k (2.0% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5.8m.