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Council on Foundations Inc

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 13-6068327 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · tax-exempt since 1957

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 73.3 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 4,947 philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M 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.28.3 months59
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.59
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.65% from one source70
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.94.0%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.06not scored

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Year by year

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$12.93M$13.46M−$524K$31.78M28.359B
Dec 2023Form 990$13.22M$12.27M$944K$32.99M32.347A
Dec 2022Form 990$11.51M$10.74M$774K$30.45M34.044B
Dec 2021Form 990$12.03M$9.58M$2.45M$25.48M31.945B
Dec 2020Form 990$12.20M$9.36M$2.84M$23.44M30.142B
Dec 2019Form 990$12.83M$10.72M$2.11M$30.53M34.259C
Dec 2018Form 990$36.68M$11.34M$25.34M$30.92M32.756C
Dec 2017Form 990$13.40M$13.64M−$239K$6.48M5.761B
Dec 2016Form 990$11.63M$14.31M−$2.68M$6.14M5.169B
Dec 2015Form 990$15.21M$14.21M$998K$8.63M7.369A

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:

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