George Mason Research Foundation Inc

Analysis

George Mason Research Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfax, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, George Mason Research Foundation Inc reported income of $743k and spending of $769k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $190k to $743k (+290%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 816%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, George Mason Research Foundation Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Entrepreneurs Organization ($743k), Northern Virginia Education Initiative Inc ($743k) and Home Health Aide Training Institute Inc ($743k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.0% and program service revenue 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $44k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $44k.

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.