The Jewish Community Foundation of El Paso

Analysis

The Jewish Community Foundation of El Paso is a registered charity in United States, based in El Paso, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2003, 23 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, The Jewish Community Foundation of El Paso reported income of $889k and spending of $687k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $610k to $889k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1554%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Jewish Community Foundation of El Paso sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Desai Foundation ($889k), Volunteer Center South Bay Harbor Long Beach ($889k) and Clay Electric Foundation Inc ($888k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% of the total. It paid $7,800 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $15.6m against liabilities of $612k, net assets of $15.0m.