Council for the National Interest Foundation Inc

Analysis

Council for the National Interest Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Purcellville, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1997, 29 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, Council for the National Interest Foundation Inc reported income of $158k and spending of $124k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $167k to $158k (-5.5%), an average of -5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Council for the National Interest Foundation Inc sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children Up ($158k), Adea Foundation ($158k) and KCT USA Inc ($158k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $236k against liabilities of $4,429, net assets of $232k.