Council on Governmental Relations

Analysis

Council on Governmental Relations is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 July 2024, Council on Governmental Relations reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.9m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2024, income grew from $2.4m to $2.9m (+25%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Council on Governmental Relations sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penumbra Theatre Company Inc ($2.9m), The Mark Twain Memorial ($2.9m) and Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.4m (48% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $313k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $866k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 8 employees.