The Persimmon Foundation

Analysis

The Persimmon Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, The Persimmon Foundation reported income of $434k and spending of $919k, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $345k to $434k (+26%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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 Persimmon Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Win the Day Foundation Inc ($434k), Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation ($434k) and Sandhills Area Foundation Inc ($434k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $256k, net assets of $3.6m.