York County Community Foundation

Analysis

York County Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in York, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1964, 62 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 December 2023, York County Community Foundation reported income of $17.1m and spending of $12.8m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.7m to $17.1m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, York County Community Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc ($17.0m), Homefree USA Inc ($17.2m) and Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia Inc ($17.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $344k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $205.1m against liabilities of $57.7m, net assets of $147.3m. It reported 16 employees.