James Blake Foundation Inc

Analysis

James Blake Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Independence, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, James Blake Foundation Inc reported income of $174k and spending of $169k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $114k to $174k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 422%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, James Blake Foundation Inc sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 51st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sober Af Entertainment ($174k), Gem Legacy Inc ($174k) and Grace Works Unlimited Inc ($174k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.5% of the total. It paid $37k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $160k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $160k.