Missouri Bar Foundation

Analysis

Missouri Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jefferson Cty, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1951, 75 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type iii functionally integrated) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Missouri Bar Foundation reported income of $160k and spending of $127k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $207k to $160k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Missouri Bar Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reins of Grace Therapeutic Riding Center Inc ($160k), Kendal on Hudson Residents Association ($160k) and Willow Womens Center ($160k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.8m.