Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

Analysis

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University reported income of $6.7m and spending of $6.0m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $5.1m to $6.7m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frostburg State University Foundation ($6.7m), Icahn Charter School 3 ($6.7m) and Riverside Educational Center ($6.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.7m. At year end it held assets of $13.4m against liabilities of $7,055, net assets of $13.4m.