Donors Trust Inc

Analysis

Donors Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1999, 27 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, Donors Trust Inc reported income of $158.3m and spending of $357.9m, spending 226% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $202.8m to $158.3m (-22%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 204%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Donors Trust Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hopewell Fund ($157.7m), San Francisco Foundation ($159.3m) and Independent Charitable Gift Fund ($157.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 143% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.6m (0.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.29bn against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $1.29bn. It reported 16 employees.