Blair Senior Fund

Analysis

Blair Senior Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Altoona, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Blair Senior Fund reported income of $109k and spending of $101k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $266k to $109k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blair Senior Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid-North Food Pantry Inc ($109k), Family Promise of Santa Rosa Inc ($109k) and Kids After School ($109k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.2m.