Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

Analysis

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque is a registered charity in United States, based in Dubuque, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 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 of Greater Dubuque reported income of $16.0m and spending of $13.3m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $25.9m to $16.0m (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 173%. 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, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque 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 IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Person to Person Inc ($15.9m), Tom T East Sr & Alice K East & Alice H East & Robert C East Wildl ($16.1m) and Community Trust of Utah ($15.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $384k (2.9% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $150.6m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $149.4m. It reported 29 employees.