Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc

Analysis

Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethesda, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc reported income of $2.8m and spending of $3.0m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $2.8m (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Fuller Project for International Reporting Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Junior Achievement USA ($2.8m), Global Integrity ($2.8m) and American University in Bulgaria ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $797k (27% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $995k. It paid $55k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $152k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 15 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.