Rush County Community Foundation

Analysis

Rush County Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Rushville, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1991, 35 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, Rush County Community Foundation reported income of $9.7m and spending of $4.3m, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $9.7m (+713%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 453%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rush County Community Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way Association of South Carolina Inc ($9.7m), Heritage Fund of Bartholomew County Inc ($9.7m) and Pella Community Foundation ($9.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $173k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $37k. At year end it held assets of $29.9m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $27.1m. It reported 6 employees.