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The American Prospect Inc

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 52-1617061 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1989

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 74.6 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 19,395 arts, culture & humanities 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.7.3 months98
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.96% of practices96
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.48
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.90% from one source22
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.89.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.05not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$2.99M$2.15M$837K$1.32M7.317B
Jun 2024Form 990$2.23M$1.96M$269K$475K2.914C
Jun 2023Form 990$1.55M$1.81M−$261K$205K1.415C
Jun 2022Form 990$2.12M$1.70M$413K$474K3.316B
Jun 2021Form 990$1.82M$1.68M$137K$57K0.420D
Jun 2020Form 990$1.28M$1.64M−$359K−$83K-0.623D
Jun 2019Form 990$1.27M$1.47M−$199K$276K2.322C
Jun 2018Form 990$2.46M$1.81M$655K$475K3.224B
Jun 2017Form 990$1.70M$1.79M−$88K−$180K-1.225D
Jun 2016Form 990$1.91M$1.69M$217K−$92K-0.724D

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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