Lazy Bear Fund Inc

Analysis

Lazy Bear Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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 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, Lazy Bear Fund Inc reported income of $355k and spending of $191k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $312k to $355k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lazy Bear Fund Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethanys Equine and Aquatic Therapy Services Inc ($355k), RSVP of Central Oklahoma Inc ($355k) and We Are One World Foundation Inc ($355k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% of the total. At year end it held assets of $490k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $490k.