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Screen a listElm Institute Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$579krevenue
FY2025 · +73% in 3 yrs2staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin5.9%
Months of reserve1.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+2.1%
Middle half of peersMedianElm Institute
Where the money goes FY2025 · $545k spent
Programs$432k79%Management and general$93k17%Fundraising$20k4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 32% of revenue stopped after FY2020
C and a Johnson Family Foundation gave $150k in FY2020, 32% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$33k in FY2023 and −$13k in FY2024. Cash covers 1.0 months, under the peer median of 5.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor
None found in the filings.
13funders
$417ka year, last 3 years
63%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Foundation For Excellence in Higher EducationSince FY2020$300k$275k$250k$261kJohn and Daria Barry FoundationSince FY2021$120k$120k$120kC and a Johnson Family FoundationOn and off$150kChiaroscuro FoundationOn and off$38kCharles Koch FoundationStopped after FY2019$10k$20k–The 85 FundNew in FY2023$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$25k$25k$30k$10k$5$45k$20k1 other fundersUp to $15k a year each$15k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped