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The Civilians Inc

Brooklyn, New York · EIN 11-3621605 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 2001

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 79.0 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.6.9 months98
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.89% of practices89
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.69
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.79% from one source35
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.85.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.17not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$938K$955K−$16K$550K6.928B
Jun 2024Form 990$739K$806K−$66K$566K8.416B
Jun 2023Form 990$737K$873K−$136K$632K8.760B
Jun 2022Form 990$1.16M$977K$184K$765K9.436A
Jun 2021Form 990$650K$557K$93K$584K12.652B
Jun 2020Form 990$852K$691K$161K$491K8.539C
Jun 2019Form 990$518K$668K−$150K$330K5.930C
Jun 2018Form 990$840K$552K$288K$480K10.419C
Jun 2017Form 990$575K$602K−$27K$192K3.89A
Jun 2016Form 990$440K$454K−$13K$219K5.8101C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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