Teleos Institute

Analysis

Teleos Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsdale, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Teleos Institute reported income of $57k and spending of $50k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $48k to $57k (+18%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Teleos Institute sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 20th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tennessee Local Food Summit ($57k), Del Orfa Ministries ($57k) and Red P ($57k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $31k against liabilities of $3,955, net assets of $27k.