The Edison Institute Inc: $81.9M Revenue, $87.8M Expenses

The composite efficiency score of 50/100 puts The Edison Institute Inc 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).

The Edison Institute Inc reported $81.9M in 2023 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. Reserves are the limiting factor: The Edison Institute Inc carries relatively few months of operating expenses on its balance sheet, which can leave an organization exposed if a major funding source pauses.

Five-year revenue is essentially flat — The Edison Institute Inc's funding base appears stable but not growing. For mature organizations this is often the steady state; for younger ones it can signal a funding plateau worth diagnosing. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: The Edison Institute Inc reports $1.4M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $81.9M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. The Edison Institute Inc 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.