National Council of Nonprofits

Analysis

National Council of Nonprofits is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1990, 36 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, National Council of Nonprofits reported income of $2.4m and spending of $3.8m, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.4m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, National Council of Nonprofits sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camp Albemarle ($2.4m), Heart of Maine United Way ($2.4m) and California Association of Non Profits ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $484k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $7.8m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $6.6m. It reported 12 employees.