Dow Endowment Fund Inc

Analysis

Dow Endowment Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cordova, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2004, 22 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Dow Endowment Fund Inc reported income of $153k and spending of $99k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $134k to $153k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dow Endowment Fund Inc sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gastrointestinal and Liver Association of the Americas Inc ($153k), Samaritan Dental Foundation ($153k) and Barnegat Light First Aid Squad Inc ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.