National Fragile X Foundation

Analysis

National Fragile X Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 December 2023, National Fragile X Foundation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.8m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Fragile X Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ceo Roundtable on Cancer Inc ($1.8m), Greenbrier County Emergency Ambulance Service Inc ($1.8m) and Sostento Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $149k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $486k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 9 employees.