The Trinity Forum Inc

Analysis

The Trinity Forum Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1992, 34 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Trinity Forum Inc reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $2.0m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Trinity Forum Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hadhramout Foundation Inc ($2.0m), Paamonim ($2.0m) and Crockett Community Foundation ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $243k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $636k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $756k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 16 employees.