Association for Traditional Studies

Analysis

Association for Traditional Studies is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 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 December 2023, Association for Traditional Studies reported income of $779k and spending of $767k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $582k to $779k (+34%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Association for Traditional Studies sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Computers for Kids ($778k), Laguna Beach Community Foundation ($779k) and Aishel Rashbi ($778k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (9.6% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $196k against liabilities of $2,680, net assets of $194k. It reported 7 employees.