The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

Analysis

The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1989, 37 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 Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.5m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. 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, The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hanan Refugees Relief Group ($1.5m), Global Peht Corp ($1.5m) and Hope Venture ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $430k (25% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $514k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 14 employees.