Foothills Service Project

Analysis

Foothills Service Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Rutherford College, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 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 June 2023, Foothills Service Project reported income of $708k and spending of $658k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $530k to $708k (+34%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Foothills Service Project sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Towercares Foundation Inc ($707k), Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation ($708k) and Beyond Barriers Kansas Inc ($707k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $62k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $251k. At year end it held assets of $595k against liabilities of $149k, net assets of $447k. It reported 20 employees.