Columbia World Affairs Council Inc

Analysis

Columbia World Affairs Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 February 2023, Columbia World Affairs Council Inc reported income of $120k and spending of $147k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2023, income grew from $90k to $120k (+33%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Columbia World Affairs Council Inc sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 47th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ecuador Missions ($120k), Janyaa ($120k) and Imagine Acts Ministry ($120k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending February 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 3.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $17k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $17k.