Wilson Research Foundation

Analysis

Wilson Research Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Wilson Research Foundation reported income of $1.7m and spending of $898k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $1.7m (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wilson Research Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sylva-Bay Academy Inc ($1.7m), The Maine Heritage Policy Center ($1.7m) and Minarys Dream Alliance ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $90k. At year end it held assets of $8.4m against liabilities of $404k, net assets of $8.0m.