Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education

Analysis

Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 January 2024, Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education reported income of $210k and spending of $266k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2024, income fell from $243k to $210k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 30th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Achievement Unlimited Foundation ($210k), Bridgton Community Center ($210k) and Experience Chehalis ($210k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.