Greer Foundation

Analysis

Greer Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1995, 31 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Greer Foundation reported income of $1.4m and spending of $422k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $94k to $1.4m (+1438%), an average of +98% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 370%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Greer Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Foundation Inc ($1.4m), International Cancer Advocacy Network ($1.5m) and Hellfighters International ($1.4m).

At year end it held assets of $6.6m against liabilities of $228k, net assets of $6.3m.