Blanden Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Blanden Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Dodge, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1973, 53 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Blanden Charitable Foundation reported income of $312k and spending of $158k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $149k to $312k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Blanden Charitable Foundation sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 64th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include County Economic Research Institute Inc ($311k), Arizona Kokusai Kyoiku Shinkokai ($312k) and Listening to America Project Inc ($311k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $237, net assets of $2.9m.