Bradford Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Bradford Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3).

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bradford Charitable Foundation reported income of $226k and spending of $50k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $77k to $226k (+196%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 14509%. Over the whole period it spent 2.9% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bradford Charitable Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodside Community Foundation ($226k), T Birds with a Purpose Inc ($226k) and Hawaii Va Foundation ($226k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 111% of the total. At year end it held assets of $19.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $19.7m.