Center for Public Integrity

Analysis

Center for Public Integrity is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable 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, Center for Public Integrity reported income of $3.8m and spending of $6.1m, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $5.3m to $3.8m (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Center for Public Integrity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 77th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties ($3.8m), Emc Health Inc ($3.8m) and The Crowden Music Center ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $335k (5.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.4m. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 36 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.