Fairview Foundation

Analysis

Fairview Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Roseville, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1994, 32 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 private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2020, Fairview Foundation reported income of $807k and spending of $74k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2020, income grew from $41k to $807k (+1890%), an average of +1890% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 1890%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Fairview Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Central Kansas Community Network Co ($806k), California Contractors Public Benefit Foundation ($808k) and Tahoe Maritime Foundation ($806k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $196k, net assets of $1.5m.