Sheckler Foundation

Analysis

Sheckler Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Clemente, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2008, 18 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, Sheckler Foundation reported income of $203k and spending of $162k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $258k to $203k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Sheckler Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc ($203k), Laura Rosenberg Foundation Inc ($203k) and Surety Foundation Incorporated ($203k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $250k against liabilities of $115, net assets of $250k.