International Campaign for Tibet

Analysis

International Campaign for Tibet is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1990, 36 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, International Campaign for Tibet reported income of $4.3m and spending of $4.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.0m to $4.3m (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, International Campaign for Tibet sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 78th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Proximity Designs ($4.3m), Kosciuszko Foundation Inc ($4.3m) and China Institute in America Incorporated ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $255k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $884k. It paid $79k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $7.9m against liabilities of $201k, net assets of $7.7m. It reported 15 employees.