David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and

Analysis

David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and reported income of $9.3m and spending of $9.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $12.4m to $9.3m (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope for the Warriors ($9.3m), Justice Outside ($9.4m) and Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation ($9.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $912k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.1m. It paid $173k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $10.3m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $8.1m. It reported 39 employees.