Four Way Community Foundation

Analysis

Four Way Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Grants Pass, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1975, 51 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 June 2024, Four Way Community Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $965k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $512k to $1.3m (+162%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Four Way Community Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Decatur and Mid Illinois ($1.3m), Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Endowment Fund ($1.3m) and Shaw Festival Foundation ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $72k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $48k. At year end it held assets of $14.5m against liabilities of $502k, net assets of $14.0m. It reported 5 employees.