Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc

Analysis

Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Appleton, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc reported income of $50.1m and spending of $29.4m, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $35.9m to $50.1m (+40%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tiger Woods Charity Event Corp ($49.6m), Community Foundation Santa Cruz County ($50.4m) and Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh ($48.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $817k (2.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $502.4m against liabilities of $71.4m, net assets of $431.0m. It reported 50 employees.