Bend Heroes Foundation

Analysis

Bend Heroes Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bend, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable 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, Bend Heroes Foundation reported income of $388k and spending of $46k, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $333k to $388k (+17%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 5.8% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bend Heroes Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Memorial Ambulance of Fort Benton Montana ($388k), Dallas Scottish Rite Library & Museum Inc ($389k) and Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards ($388k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.