Donum Dei

Analysis

Donum Dei is a registered charity in United States, based in Nursery, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general 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, Donum Dei reported income of $103k and spending of $138k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $197k to $103k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Donum Dei sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Black Hills Roundup Chutes for Charity ($103k), Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Endowment ($103k) and United Way of San Juan County ($103k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 29% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $40k. At year end it held assets of $442k against liabilities of $207, net assets of $442k. It reported 3 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.