Trail Blazers Foundation

Analysis

Trail Blazers Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 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, Trail Blazers Foundation reported income of $797k and spending of $790k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $934k to $797k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Trail Blazers Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arrupe Virtual Learning Institute ($796k), Homestead Station Qalicb Inc ($797k) and Gazelle Foundation ($796k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $180k against liabilities of $3,557, net assets of $177k.