Burris Park Foundation

Analysis

Burris Park Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hanford, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Burris Park Foundation reported income of $693k and spending of $599k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $340k to $693k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1839%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Burris Park Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lewes Historical Society ($693k), Apex Art Curatorial Program Inc ($694k) and Valley Art Center Inc ($693k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $19.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $19.9m.