Reed Institute: $150.4M Revenue, $152.1M Expenses

The composite efficiency score of 53/100 puts Reed Institute at C — neither standout nor failing. Some factors run above the median (often reserves) while others run below (often revenue stability or officer-comp ratio).

Reed Institute is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $150.4M in 2023 revenue against $152.1M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the financial-health factor, Reed Institute runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Revenue trend is mildly positive across the five-year filing window — modest growth, consistent with stable funding sources keeping pace with organizational costs. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Reed Institute reports $2.7M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $150.4M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Reed Institute sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue figures should be read.