Deb & Jeff Hansen Foundation

Analysis

Deb & Jeff Hansen Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in WDM, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Deb & Jeff Hansen Foundation reported income of $1.5m and spending of $2.2m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.5m (+2.9%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Deb & Jeff Hansen Foundation 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 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Incorporated ($1.5m), The Sierra Fund ($1.5m) and Little Miami Conservancy ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 135% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $281k, net assets of $7.2m.