The Josiah Foundation

Analysis

The Josiah Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Omaha, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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, The Josiah Foundation reported income of $55k and spending of $54k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $65k to $55k (-15%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Josiah Foundation sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 19th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big River Steel Cares Inc ($55k), Cedar Hill Rotary Foundation ($55k) and Friends of the Kenosha Museum Inc ($55k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $17k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $17k.