The James Foundation Charitable Trust

Analysis

The James Foundation Charitable Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Towson, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1955, 71 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 December 2023, The James Foundation Charitable Trust reported income of $115k and spending of $77k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $20k to $115k (+468%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The James Foundation Charitable Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Betty Talmadge Adams Charitable Association Inc ($115k), Giving Heart Englewood ($115k) and H E a R T Organization Inc ($115k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $169k against liabilities of $5,200, net assets of $163k.