Capital Research Center

Analysis

Capital Research Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Capital Research Center reported income of $7.5m and spending of $7.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.6m to $7.5m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Capital Research Center sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NPT Charitable Asset TR ($7.4m), Upic Solutions Inc ($7.5m) and Richmond Jewish Foundation ($7.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.2m (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $10.8m against liabilities of $512k, net assets of $10.3m. It reported 38 employees.