Ellen Curry Foundation

Analysis

Ellen Curry Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Ellen Curry Foundation reported income of $229k and spending of $69k, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $229k (+282%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 268%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ellen Curry Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Circle de Luz Inc ($229k), Daybreak Arts ($229k) and Peace River Cooperative Charitable Foundation Inc ($229k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $1.1m.