Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas

Analysis

Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas is a registered charity in United States, based in Dodge City, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1992, 34 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, Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $2.4m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Enrichment Foundation ($2.4m), Southern Colorado Community Foundation ($2.4m) and Samuel Z Stone Cipr Support Trust ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $219k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $71k. At year end it held assets of $47.3m against liabilities of $915k, net assets of $46.4m. It reported 4 employees.