Scotch Fair Highland Games Foundation

Analysis

Scotch Fair Highland Games Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Laurinburg, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 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 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, Scotch Fair Highland Games Foundation reported income of $132k and spending of $127k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $24k to $132k (+448%), an average of +448% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 448%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Scotch Fair Highland Games Foundation sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phonetic Spit ($132k), Global Cultural Connections ($132k) and Sweet Adelines International ($132k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $91k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $91k.