Greater Jefferson County Foundation

Analysis

Greater Jefferson County Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfield, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1977, 49 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 March 2024, Greater Jefferson County Foundation reported income of $925k and spending of $1.2m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income fell from $1.1m to $925k (-15%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Greater Jefferson County Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CN Wodehouse Hawaii Childrens TR Fund TR ($925k), First Alaskans Endowment Fund ($926k) and Friends of the Maryland State Archives Inc ($925k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $8,385. At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $303, net assets of $7.4m. It reported 1 employees.