Northern Piedmont Community Foundation

Analysis

Northern Piedmont Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Warrenton, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 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 June 2024, Northern Piedmont Community Foundation reported income of $5.6m and spending of $3.5m, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $2.8m to $5.6m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 797%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Northern Piedmont Community Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pinebelt Foundation ($5.6m), United Way of Virginias Blue Ridge ($5.6m) and Louisiana Association of United Ways Inc ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $142k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $162k. At year end it held assets of $40.0m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $38.8m. It reported 3 employees.