Bhaktivedanta Book Trust- International

Analysis

Bhaktivedanta Book Trust- International is a registered charity in United States, based in Alachua, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1990, 36 years ago. 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, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust- International reported income of $1.0m and spending of $357k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $1.0m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust- International 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 80th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yaldaynu Center Inc ($1.0m), Brattleboro Area Hospice ($1.0m) and Reach Across ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $652k, net assets of $2.0m.