The San Bruno Community Foundation

Analysis

The San Bruno Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Bruno, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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 (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, The San Bruno Community Foundation reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $2.9m to $2.0m (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 433% 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 San Bruno Community Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Housewares Charity Foundation ($2.0m), Cedar Valley United Way ($2.0m) and Community Foundation for McHenry County ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $212k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $27k. At year end it held assets of $30.6m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $28.9m. It reported 2 employees.