Social Research Applications

Analysis

Social Research Applications is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Altos HLS, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Social Research Applications reported income of $16.1m and spending of $22k, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $13k to $16.1m (+126055%), an average of +496% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 80720145%. Over the whole period it spent 1.2% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Social Research Applications sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chicago Shakespeare Theater ($16.1m), Economic Policy Institute ($16.2m) and The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc ($16.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $17.4m against liabilities of $226, net assets of $17.4m.