Chester County Bar Foundation

Analysis

Chester County Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in West Chester, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1986, 40 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, Chester County Bar Foundation reported income of $244k and spending of $207k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $187k to $244k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chester County Bar Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Atlanta Dance Theatre Inc ($244k), Music Aid Northwest ($244k) and Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site ($244k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $5,680, net assets of $1.6m.