Washington Farm Bureau Legal Foundation

Analysis

Washington Farm Bureau Legal Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lacey, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Washington Farm Bureau Legal Foundation reported income of $115k and spending of $50k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $321k to $115k (-64%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 609%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Washington Farm Bureau Legal Foundation sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 36th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sca Teammate Support Network ($115k), Middletown Senior Citizens Assn ($115k) and Mark Wandall Foundation Inc ($115k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $233k against liabilities of $901, net assets of $232k.