Ramakrishna Foundation

Analysis

Ramakrishna Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Arcadia, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 September 2023, Ramakrishna Foundation reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.7m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $3.1m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ramakrishna Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Inc ($3.1m), Certell Inc ($3.1m) and Huairou Commission ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.8m.