Hetlinger Foundation

Analysis

Hetlinger Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Emporia, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Hetlinger Foundation reported income of $1.5m and spending of $397k, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $88k to $1.5m (+1639%), an average of +104% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 631%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hetlinger 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 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Francis Food Pantries and Shelters Inc ($1.5m), Gateway Community Services Maine ($1.5m) and Avalon a Center for Women and Children ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.5m.