nonprofits · months of reserves

What are the reserves of nonprofits with $100k-$1M in expenses?

Months of reserves, nonprofits with $100k-$1M in expenses: median 10.8 months in tax year 2023 across 229,403 e-filers (mean 27.5 months); the middle half lies between 3.7 months and 27.2 months. In 2016 the median was 4.1 months.

MEDIAN 2023: 10.8 monthsFILERS: 229,403SINCE: 2016

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What it means

Net assets divided by annual expenses, times twelve: how long the organisation could run on what it has.

Year by year

Percentiles within the group; the median is bold. Years marked partial are still filling with late filings.

Tax year	Filers	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
2026 partial	6,446	1.2 months	4.7 months	12.3 months	28.1 months	59.7 months
2025 partial	107,372	0.8 months	3.9 months	10.9 months	26.9 months	63.8 months
2024 partial	169,158	0.6 months	3.7 months	10.7 months	27.0 months	65.6 months
2023	229,403	0.6 months	3.7 months	10.8 months	27.2 months	66.2 months
2022	201,909	0.6 months	3.9 months	11.3 months	28.2 months	68.6 months
2021	145,691	0.8 months	4.6 months	12.8 months	32.2 months	77.6 months
2020	180,163	0.5 months	4.0 months	11.8 months	30.9 months	76.4 months
2019	173,223	0.5 months	3.2 months	9.7 months	26.0 months	67.2 months
2018	138,258	0.4 months	3.1 months	9.4 months	25.4 months	66.4 months
2017	2,907	0.0 months	1.3 months	5.1 months	16.1 months	39.7 months
2016	294	-0.2 months	0.5 months	4.1 months	12.9 months	47.1 months

Nonprofits with $100k-$1M in expenses: all measures →Total revenue →Total expenses →Total assets →Net assets →Officer compensation (total per organisation) →Program service revenue share →Contributions share of revenue →Officer compensation share of expenses →Surplus margin →Method →

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