Brackett Foundation

Analysis

Brackett Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hamilton, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Brackett Foundation reported income of $454k and spending of $502k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $427k to $454k (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Brackett Foundation sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reaching Unreached Nations International ($454k), Cherish Our Children Inc ($455k) and Sight Org ($454k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.