Gwendolyn Strong Foundation

Analysis

Gwendolyn Strong Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Gwendolyn Strong Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $534k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $533k to $1.2m (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 210%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gwendolyn Strong Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritan Health Center Inc ($1.2m), Disability Resource in Homeservices Inc ($1.2m) and Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5.8m.