Dangerous Goods Advisory Council

Analysis

Dangerous Goods Advisory Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenbelt, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, Dangerous Goods Advisory Council reported income of $631k and spending of $671k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $862k to $631k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dangerous Goods Advisory Council sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foxfire Fund Inc ($631k), Dyouville Senior Care Foundation Inc ($631k) and Saint John Xiii Housing Inc ($631k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $174k (26% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $110k. At year end it held assets of $111k against liabilities of $241k, net assets of -$130k. It reported 3 employees.