Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery

Analysis

Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery reported income of $405k and spending of $254k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $199k to $405k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Center for Bioethics and Culture ($405k), Better for Kids Inc ($405k) and Happy Canyon Foundation Inc ($405k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $930k against liabilities of $5,625, net assets of $924k.