Oahe Foundation

Analysis

Oahe Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pierre, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1984, 42 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, Oahe Foundation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.2m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $1.8m (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Oahe Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Next Steps Employment Services Corp ($1.8m), Imogene & Harold Herndon Char Tr-H ($1.8m) and Care4all Children Services Incorporated ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $24.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $24.7m.