Crawford Heritage Community Foundation

Analysis

Crawford Heritage Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Meadville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1998, 28 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, Crawford Heritage Community Foundation reported income of $3.7m and spending of $1.6m, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.1m to $3.7m (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Crawford Heritage Community Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Passavant Hospital Foundation ($3.7m), Greater Grand Island Community Foundation ($3.7m) and Lifebox Foundation Inc ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $90k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $74k. At year end it held assets of $35.0m against liabilities of $3.2m, net assets of $31.8m. It reported 4 employees.