The Piedmont Foundation

Analysis

The Piedmont Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Warrenton, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 Piedmont Foundation reported income of $789k and spending of $1.1m, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $733k to $789k (+7.6%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 657%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Piedmont Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headwaters Basin Project ($787k), Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative ($789k) and American Shore and Beach Preservation Association ($787k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% of the total. At year end it held assets of $24.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $24.1m.