Gibson Gives

Analysis

Gibson Gives is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2006, 20 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 private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Gibson Gives reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.7m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $545k to $3.5m (+535%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 197%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Gibson Gives sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homes for Hope ($3.5m), Montshire Museum of Science ($3.5m) and World Giving Foundation ($3.5m).

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 $934k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $934k.