The Dickey Foundation

Analysis

The Dickey Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Plano, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 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, The Dickey Foundation reported income of $213k and spending of $242k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $110k to $213k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dickey Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Proclaim Jesus ($213k), Zoe Ministries Inc ($213k) and MTZ Charity Inc ($213k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 124% of the total. At year end it held assets of $329k against liabilities of $121k, net assets of $209k.