Buena Vida Foundation Inc

Analysis

Buena Vida Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Melbourne, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2002, 24 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, Buena Vida Foundation Inc reported income of $128k and spending of $25k, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $102k to $128k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Buena Vida Foundation Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 47th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Laredo Diploma Plus Foundation Inc ($128k), McMinn County Educational and Community Foundation ($128k) and Conscious Giving Inc ($128k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m.