The Berner-Garde Foundation

Analysis

The Berner-Garde Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Leesburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 Berner-Garde Foundation reported income of $190k and spending of $44k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $140k to $190k (+36%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Berner-Garde Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include De LA Cruz Farms Inc ($190k), Orphaned Wildlife Center Inc ($190k) and Kitkat Playroom Inc ($190k).

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 $580k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $580k.