Aurelia Foundation

Analysis

Aurelia Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Monica, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 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 December 2023, Aurelia Foundation reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.7m to $2.6m (-1.5%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Aurelia Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spinks Family Foundation ($2.6m), New England Anime Society Inc ($2.6m) and Jewish Federation of Greater St Paul ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $258k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $422k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 93 employees.