Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation: $319.0M Revenue, $323.0M Expenses

Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 79/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $319.0M in 2023 revenue against $323.0M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the reserves factor, Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation reports $3.6M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $319.0M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.