The Barker Adoption Foundation

Analysis

The Barker Adoption Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethesda, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1951, 75 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, The Barker Adoption Foundation reported income of $3.9m and spending of $3.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.6m to $3.9m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Barker Adoption Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Two Feathers-Nafs ($3.9m), Forever Families ($3.9m) and Jacobin Foundation Ltd ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 29% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $341k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 46 employees.