Clayton Foundation for Research

Analysis

Clayton Foundation for Research is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a hospital or medical research organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Clayton Foundation for Research reported income of $11.0m and spending of $10.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $17.3m to $11.0m (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Clayton Foundation for Research sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization Inc ($11.0m), The Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaii Inc ($11.0m) and Legacy Visiting Nurse Association ($11.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.7m (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $130.6m against liabilities of $7.1m, net assets of $123.5m. It reported 52 employees.