Big Sky Youth Education Foundation

Analysis

Big Sky Youth Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Billings, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Big Sky Youth Education Foundation reported income of $5.8m and spending of $810k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $330k to $5.8m (+1642%), an average of +104% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 959%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Big Sky Youth Education Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Greater Stark County Inc ($5.7m), Flinthills Services Inc ($5.8m) and Blue River Foundation Inc ($5.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $10.7m against liabilities of $80k, net assets of $10.6m.