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Public Agenda Inc

New York, New York · EIN 13-2847587 · tax-exempt since 1987

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 63.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 55,301 unclassified nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M 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.16.7 months80
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.98% of practices98
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.15
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.96% from one source17
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.84.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.5.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.09not scored

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Year by year

2015201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$3.70M$3.45M$250K$4.81M16.714C
Jun 2024Form 990$3.62M$4.43M−$810K$4.33M11.717C
Jun 2023Form 990$1.33M$2.90M−$1.57M$4.93M20.417C
Jun 2022Form 990$3.14M$2.97M$163K$6.22M25.121B
Jun 2021Form 990$3.71M$3.26M$448K$7.17M26.418B
Jun 2020Form 990$3.67M$3.10M$572K$6.23M24.114C
Dec 2018Form 990$5.60M$3.13M$2.47M$5.05M19.418C
Dec 2017Form 990$3.34M$5.18M−$1.85M$2.61M6.030C
Dec 2016Form 990$4.70M$5.18M−$480K$4.64M10.729B
Dec 2015Form 990$5.46M$4.13M$1.33M$5.07M14.726C

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.

Read the filings

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