The Camellia Foundation Inc

Analysis

The Camellia Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Memphis, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Camellia Foundation Inc reported income of $8.3m and spending of $7.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.3m to $8.3m (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Camellia Foundation Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ($8.3m), Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York Inc ($8.3m) and The Memorial Foundation ($8.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 63% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $162k (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.6m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $803k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 89 employees.