Moose Charities Inc

Analysis

Moose Charities 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 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 April 2024, Moose Charities Inc reported income of $19.0m and spending of $18.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2024, income grew from $13.8m to $19.0m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Charities Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John L Santikos Charitable Foundation ($19.0m), Cromwell Harbor Supporting Foundation Inc ($19.1m) and Givinga Foundation Inc ($18.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $121k (0.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $232k. At year end it held assets of $7.8m against liabilities of $4.0m, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 6 employees.