Council of State Governments

Analysis

Council of State Governments is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 June 2023, Council of State Governments reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.4m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.1m (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Council of State Governments sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include His Independence Project Inc ($2.1m), Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Inc ($2.1m) and Schnurmann House ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 75% of the total. At year end it held assets of $766k against liabilities of $38k, net assets of $728k.