The Station Foundation

Analysis

The Station Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bozeman, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Station Foundation reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.1m to $2.2m (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Station Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mary Welsh Foundation Inc ($2.2m), East Windsor Ambulance Assoc Inc ($2.2m) and Acres of Diamonds ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $92k, net assets of $7.7m. It reported 35 employees.