Adventist Development and Relief Agency International

Analysis

Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver Spring, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, Adventist Development and Relief Agency International reported income of $96.4m and spending of $103.0m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $86.5m to $96.4m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Adventist Development and Relief Agency International sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Smile Inc ($95.1m), International Vaccine Institute ($96.6m) and Human Rights Watch Inc ($94.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $718k (0.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $12.1m. It paid $1.0m in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $82.9m against liabilities of $15.5m, net assets of $67.4m. It reported 152 employees.