Wawa Foundation Inc

Analysis

Wawa Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wawa, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Wawa Foundation Inc reported income of $11.9m and spending of $14.7m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $10.0m to $11.9m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wawa Foundation Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aloha Harvest ($11.9m), Skills Development Services Inc ($11.9m) and Carc Inc ($11.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $260k, net assets of $3.6m.