United Philanthropy Forum

Analysis

United Philanthropy Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 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, United Philanthropy Forum reported income of $3.5m and spending of $5.0m, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $3.5m (+2.9%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 291%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Philanthropy Forum sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable TR - I ($3.5m), Victoria College Foundation Inc ($3.5m) and Meriter Foundation Inc ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $271k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $825k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 13 employees.