Gordon Christian Trust

Analysis

Gordon Christian Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1985, 41 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 December 2023, Gordon Christian Trust reported income of $19.4m and spending of $23.3m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $72.7m to $19.4m (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Gordon Christian Trust 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 MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Slave 2 Nothing Foundation ($19.3m), Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama ($19.4m) and Harry-Anna Investment Fund Inc ($19.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $73.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $73.7m.