Starved Rock Country Community Foundation

Analysis

Starved Rock Country Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ottawa, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2015, 11 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, Starved Rock Country Community Foundation reported income of $1.7m and spending of $781k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $717k to $1.7m (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Starved Rock Country Community Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Andersen Tax Foundation ($1.7m), American Friends of Meshi Inc ($1.7m) and Actblue Charities Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 2.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $35k (4.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $42k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $3,183, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 5 employees.