Ruritan National Foundation Incorporated

Analysis

Ruritan National Foundation Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Dublin, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Ruritan National Foundation Incorporated reported income of $506k and spending of $589k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $449k to $506k (+12%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ruritan National Foundation Incorporated sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cecil Daniel Trust Fbo St Joseph Catholic Church ($505k), Kauai Marathon ($506k) and Sheriffs Foundation of Broward County Inc ($504k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5.3m.