Lester Silliman Trust

Analysis

Lester Silliman Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Normal, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2001, 25 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).

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lester Silliman Trust reported income of $80k and spending of $148k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $66k to $80k (+21%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lester Silliman Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kamla for Hope ($80k), Josie Mazzo Childrens Charities ($80k) and Hudson Strong Foundation ($80k).

At year end it held assets of $406k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $406k.