Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue

Analysis

Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlottesville, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue reported income of $2.0m and spending of $733k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.0m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Union County Inc ($2.0m), Cornerstone Charitable Foundation ($2.0m) and Yellow Springs Community Foundation ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% of the total. At year end it held assets of $21.9m against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $21.8m.