Westar Institute Inc

Analysis

Westar Institute Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Temecula, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, Westar Institute Inc reported income of $486k and spending of $555k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $359k to $486k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Westar Institute Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cervivor Inc ($486k), The West Inc ($486k) and Granite Bay FC ($486k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $193k (35% of expenses). It paid $2,918 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $942k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $921k. It reported 3 employees.