Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

Analysis

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Simi Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 September 2023, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute reported income of $37.0m and spending of $36.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $34.3m to $37.0m (+7.9%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lourdes University ($37.0m), Partners for Rural Impact Inc ($37.0m) and California Montessori Project ($36.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $3.5m (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.5m. It paid $89k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $411.9m against liabilities of $27.0m, net assets of $385.0m. It reported 175 employees.