Liberty Community Christmas Tree

Analysis

Liberty Community Christmas Tree is a registered charity in United States, based in Liberty, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2017, 9 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, Liberty Community Christmas Tree reported income of $67k and spending of $62k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $98k to $67k (-32%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Liberty Community Christmas Tree sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greg Bussjaeger Memorial Foundation ($67k), National Charity League Pier Chapter ($67k) and Women on Mission St Louis Inc ($67k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $101k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $101k.