Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

Analysis

Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention is a registered charity in United States, based in Reston, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, 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 Birth Defects Research and Prevention reported income of $496k and spending of $456k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $595k to $496k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Birth Defects Research and Prevention sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sew Valley ($496k), Back to the Bricks Inc ($496k) and Florida United Furry Fandom Inc ($496k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 51% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $59k, net assets of $1.5m.