Buck Creek Foundation

Analysis

Buck Creek Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Loris, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Buck Creek Foundation reported income of $73k and spending of $53k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $258k to $73k (-72%), an average of -72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Buck Creek Foundation sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rett Syndrome Association of Massachusetts Inc ($73k), Sanctuary Foundation Inc ($73k) and Natural Family Planning Outreach Inc ($73k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $27k. It paid $5,313 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $335k against liabilities of $25k, net assets of $310k.