Society for International Affairs

Analysis

Society for International Affairs is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1988, 38 years ago. 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 December 2023, Society for International Affairs reported income of $845k and spending of $756k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $845k (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Society for International Affairs sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heath School Extended Day Inc ($845k), Boy Scouts of America ($846k) and Golden Panther Booster Club Inc ($845k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $57k, net assets of $2.3m.