East-West Center Foundation

Analysis

East-West Center Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2024, 2 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, East-West Center Foundation reported income of $2.0m and spending of $900k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $2.0m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, East-West Center Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refushe Inc ($2.0m), Articlegroup Org Inc ($2.0m) and World Affairs Council of Greater Houston ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $17.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $17.7m.