Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

Analysis

Dystonia Medical Research Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1980, 46 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 (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, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.4m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $3.0m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grandview Foundation ($3.0m), Ahf Management Corp ($3.0m) and Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 4.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $205k (6.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $539k. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 10 employees.