Conflict and Development Research Fund

Analysis

Conflict and Development Research Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Castroville, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2018, 8 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 private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2020, Conflict and Development Research Fund reported income of $2.2m and spending of $10.5m, spending 484% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2020, income fell from $30.2m to $2.2m (-93%), an average of -93% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Conflict and Development Research Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kellermann Foundation ($2.2m), Future Society Inc ($2.2m) and American Friends of Eretz Hemdah Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $10.3m against liabilities of $292k, net assets of $10.0m.