Academics Without Borders

Analysis

Academics Without Borders is a registered charity in United States, based in Canada. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Academics Without Borders reported income of $165k and spending of $205k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $408k to $165k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Academics Without Borders sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Geneva Library Foundation ($165k), Menlo Park Friends of the Library ($165k) and Tesoro Choral Boosters ($165k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $405k against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $386k.