Manas Development Group

Analysis

Manas Development Group is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2006, 20 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, Manas Development Group reported income of $442k and spending of $554k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $442k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Manas Development Group sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 Arham Charities ($442k), Siempre Unidos ($442k) and International Epidemiological Association Incorporated ($442k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $560k, net assets of $537k.