Majority Action

Analysis

Majority Action is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver Spring, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Majority Action reported income of $3.7m and spending of $4.1m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $3.7m (+264%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Majority Action sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tucson Botanical Gardens ($3.7m), WRLD Foundation ($3.7m) and Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $221k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $63k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 22 employees.