Bill Cook Foundation

Analysis

Bill Cook Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Geneseo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 January 2024, Bill Cook Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $592k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2024, income grew from $983k to $1.2m (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bill Cook Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 77th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Microfinancing Partners in Africa ($1.2m), Capable ($1.2m) and Collaborative to End Human Trafficking ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $692k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $692k.