MK Level Playing Field Institute

Analysis

MK Level Playing Field Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, MK Level Playing Field Institute reported income of $6.6m and spending of $6.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.2m to $6.6m (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, MK Level Playing Field Institute sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heritage Plantation of Sandwich Inc ($6.5m), B H Music Center ($6.6m) and Dallas County Historical Foundation ($6.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $552k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.9m. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $214k, net assets of $5.0m. It reported 107 employees.