The Elwyn Foundation

Analysis

The Elwyn Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Elwyn, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2026. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type iii functionally integrated) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, The Elwyn Foundation reported income of $5.9m and spending of $7.3m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $5.9m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 310%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Elwyn Foundation 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 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Texarkana Special Education Center Inc ($5.9m), Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc ($5.9m) and New Mexico Veterans Integration Centers ($5.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% of the total. At year end it held assets of $98.8m against liabilities of $4.7m, net assets of $94.1m.