Christmas Spirit Foundation

Analysis

Christmas Spirit Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Christmas Spirit Foundation reported income of $748k and spending of $737k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $2.0m to $748k (-63%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 3514%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Christmas Spirit Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alfred Street Baptist Church Foundation ($748k), Lexington Childrens Center Inc ($748k) and Courage for Life Incorporated ($748k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $475k against liabilities of $4,235, net assets of $470k.