AIDS United

Analysis

AIDS United is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, AIDS United reported income of $14.1m and spending of $18.5m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $19.9m to $14.1m (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, AIDS United sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodland School ($14.1m), Career Success Educational Development ($14.1m) and Universal Creighton Charter School ($14.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 3.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.9m. At year end it held assets of $8.4m against liabilities of $3.4m, net assets of $5.0m. It reported 51 employees.