Council on Governmental Ethics Laws Inc

Analysis

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1994, 32 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, Council on Governmental Ethics Laws Inc reported income of $337k and spending of $338k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $395k to $337k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 168%. 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 on Governmental Ethics Laws Inc sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Well Have Equitable Relocation Inc ($337k), Barakah Muslim Charity Inc ($337k) and Solid Waste Association of North America Inc ($337k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $653k against liabilities of $4,423, net assets of $648k.