South Central Community Foundation

Analysis

South Central Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pratt, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1995, 31 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, South Central Community Foundation reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.9m to $1.5m (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 697%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, South Central Community Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center Inc ($1.5m), Homeless Childrens Education Fund ($1.5m) and Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $93k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $49k. At year end it held assets of $26.4m against liabilities of $4.0m, net assets of $22.3m. It reported 3 employees.