Blind Squirrel Charitable Corp

Analysis

Blind Squirrel Charitable Corp is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Blind Squirrel Charitable Corp reported income of $395k and spending of $167k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $312k to $395k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Blind Squirrel Charitable Corp sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Odessa Ector Parks Foundation Inc ($395k), Our Lady of Divine Providence House of Prayer Foundation Inc ($395k) and SHCC Supporting Inc ($395k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $402k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $402k.