Vnu Foundation

Analysis

Vnu Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sheldon, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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 June 2023, Vnu Foundation reported income of $479k and spending of $1,795, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $487k to $479k (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Vnu Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lev Elyahu Inc ($479k), Greater Pike Community Foundation ($479k) and Montgomery County Foundation ($479k).

At year end it held assets of $16.5m against liabilities of $1,795, net assets of $16.5m.