Four County Community Foundation

Analysis

Four County Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Romeo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1988, 38 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, Four County Community Foundation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.8m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 808%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Four County Community Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sai Aashraya Inc ($1.8m), American Friends of Yeshivas Nesivos Ahron ($1.8m) and The Woodmark Group ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $107k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $115k. At year end it held assets of $22.9m against liabilities of $803k, net assets of $22.1m. It reported 4 employees.