The Community Foundation of Delaware County

Analysis

The Community Foundation of Delaware County is a registered charity in United States, based in Powell, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 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, The Community Foundation of Delaware County reported income of $6.6m and spending of $3.2m, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $6.6m (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Community Foundation of Delaware County sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethel Community Services Foundation Inc ($6.5m), International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Inc ($6.6m) and Healthy Futures of Texas ($6.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $118k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $193k. At year end it held assets of $24.4m against liabilities of $235k, net assets of $24.2m. It reported 5 employees.