Wheeler Trigg Odonnell Foundation

Analysis

Wheeler Trigg Odonnell Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Wheeler Trigg Odonnell Foundation reported income of $61k and spending of $83k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $400k to $61k (-85%), an average of -61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Wheeler Trigg Odonnell Foundation sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 21st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crested Butte Search and Rescue Inc ($61k), Cheshire Fire Departmentincorporated ($61k) and Florida State Firefighters Education Foundation Inc ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $189k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $189k.