Moose Foundation Inc

Analysis

Moose Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Mooseheart, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1995, 31 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Moose Foundation Inc reported income of $13.3m and spending of $3.4m, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income fell from $22.1m to $13.3m (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Moose Foundation Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County ($13.3m), Love Thy Neighbor Too ($13.3m) and Heart of West Michigan United Way ($13.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% of the total. At year end it held assets of $298.8m against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $298.7m.