Tanner Foundation

Analysis

Tanner Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Tanner Foundation reported income of $265k and spending of $326k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $265k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tanner Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Psa Check Inc ($265k), Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic ($265k) and Lifecare Center for Women Inc ($265k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $197k (60% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $177k against liabilities of $7,505, net assets of $170k. It reported 2 employees.