Going to the Sun

Analysis

Going to the Sun is a registered charity in United States, based in Bozeman, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 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, Going to the Sun reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.4m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.2m (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 854%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Going to the Sun sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waterloo Community Foundation ($1.2m), The Pujols Family Foundation Inc ($1.2m) and Washington County Hospital Foundation ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $10.5m against liabilities of $508k, net assets of $10.0m.