Shirley Meadows Foundation

Analysis

Shirley Meadows Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrison, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 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, Shirley Meadows Foundation reported income of $192k and spending of $101k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $607k to $192k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Shirley Meadows Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cy Rapp and Carolyn Rapp Test Charitable Remainder TR ($192k), Infused Impact Inc ($192k) and Kapalua Maui Charities Inc ($192k).

At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m.