The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs Incorporated

Analysis

The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1980, 46 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, The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs Incorporated reported income of $225k and spending of $244k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $185k to $225k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs Incorporated sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kesho ($225k), Seek the Lamb Inc ($225k) and The Kaifa Group Inc ($225k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 4.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $62k (26% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $98k. It paid $2,250 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $54k against liabilities of $6,943, net assets of $47k. It reported 6 employees.