Ralph Stuart Stowers Scholarship Trust

Analysis

Ralph Stuart Stowers Scholarship Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Tazewell, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Ralph Stuart Stowers Scholarship Trust reported income of $141k and spending of $81k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $79k to $141k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ralph Stuart Stowers Scholarship Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glenbard East Booster Club ($141k), Bartlett High School Booster Club ($141k) and Edgewood PTA Child Care Program Inc ($141k).

Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $24k (30% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.3m.