Taos Institute

Analysis

Taos Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 December 2023, Taos Institute reported income of $171k and spending of $209k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $337k to $171k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Taos Institute sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James E Taylor Band Boosters ($171k), Georgia Association of Realtors Scholarship Foundation Inc ($171k) and Conditions for Learning ($171k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.2% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $151k (72% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $747k against liabilities of $278, net assets of $746k. It reported 1 employees.