Direct Giving Lab

Analysis

Direct Giving Lab is a registered charity in United States, based in Highland Park, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Direct Giving Lab reported income of $59k and spending of $33k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2023 to April 2024, income grew from $57k to $59k (+3.8%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Direct Giving Lab sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pinion Inc ($59k), Rotary Foundation of Shepherdstown ($59k) and Stow-Munroe Falls Rotary Club Foundation ($59k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $116k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $116k.