Pams Foundation Inc

Analysis

Pams Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Eureka, CA. 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 December 2023, Pams Foundation Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $3.0m, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $3.2m to $1.8m (-43%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Pams Foundation Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Student Diplomacy Corps Inc ($1.8m), Ugandan Water Project Inc ($1.8m) and Agora Partnerships ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. At year end it held assets of $881k against liabilities of $193k, net assets of $688k.