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nonprofit · EIN 98-0459408 · NY

How much does WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM raise and spend?

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (NY, EIN 98-0459408) reported $401.6M in revenue and $382.0M in expenses for tax year 2023, with $465.7M in net assets (14.6 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 1,367 of 539,974 e-filers, 23 of 9,270 in NTEE Q: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, 129 of 38,222 nonprofits in new york.

REVENUE: $401.6MEXPENSES: $382.0MRESERVES: 14.6 months6 filings

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What stands out

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (NY, EIN 98-0459408) reported $401.6M in revenue and $382.0M in expenses for tax year 2023, with $465.7M in net assets (14.6 months of reserves). By expenses that ranks 1,367 of 539,974 e-filers, 23 of 9,270 in NTEE Q: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, 129 of 38,222 nonprofits in new york. Against NTEE Q: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security: months of reserves 14.6 months, above the peer median of 8.0 months; officer compensation share of expenses 4.3%, below the peer median of 6.9%; contributions share of revenue 14.0%, below the peer median of 99.8%; surplus margin 4.9%, above the peer median of 1.4%.

Key figures, tax year 2023

As filed on Form 990; ratios computed by FACTANKER. Peer medians are percentile_cont over the group in the same year. Every filed line links to its record on the entity page.

Measure2023Median, activityMedian, sizeMedian, all
Total revenue$401.6M$215.5k$236.7M$194.7k
Total expenses$382.0M$207.6k$231.0M$178.5k
Total assets$837.1M$412.6k$318.0M$775.3k
Net assets$465.7M$389.7k$158.3M$622.5k
Officer compensation (total per organisation)$16.5M$113.4k$2.4M$113.0k
Program service revenue share82.5%0.0%93.3%13.8%
Contributions share of revenue14.0%99.8%1.2%57.5%
Officer compensation share of expenses4.3%6.9%0.8%6.5%
Months of reserves14.6 months8.0 months7.4 months12.6 months
Surplus margin4.9%1.4%1.1%3.9%

Year by year

6 filings on record.

Tax yearRevenueExpensesNet assetsReservesOfficer comp.Rank
2023$401.6M$382.0M$465.7M14.6 months$16.5M1,367
2022$370.4M$315.0M$427.0M16.3 months$14.0M1,555
2021$313.7M$276.1M$426.0M18.5 months$16.8M1,016
2020$360.6M$336.5M$379.4M13.5 months$16.8M1,276
2019$338.2M$316.5M$333.9M12.7 months$18.9M1,293
2018$318.0M$272.7M$308.3M13.6 months$17.2M1,399

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