The Snow Foundation

Analysis

The Snow Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Clayton, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 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, The Snow Foundation reported income of $477k and spending of $225k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $259k to $477k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Snow 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 69th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of Birkat Efraim ($477k), Armenia Fund Inc ($478k) and Gateways Beyond International ($477k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $38k (17% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $604k against liabilities of $304, net assets of $603k.