Douglas County Community Foundation

Analysis

Douglas County Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrence, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 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, Douglas County Community Foundation reported income of $21.3m and spending of $8.7m, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $10.1m to $21.3m (+111%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Douglas County Community Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Jewish Community of Broward County Inc ($21.3m), University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc ($21.5m) and Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc ($21.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $169k (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $166k. At year end it held assets of $100.7m against liabilities of $14.9m, net assets of $85.8m. It reported 5 employees.