Bartko Foundation

Analysis

Bartko Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 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, Bartko Foundation reported income of $140k and spending of $100k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $182k to $140k (-23%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bartko Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Repair ($140k), Empty Bowls Monongalia ($140k) and Gladwin Community Services Corporation ($140k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 121% of the total. At year end it held assets of $355k against liabilities of $2,285, net assets of $352k.