Candler Foundation Inc

Analysis

Candler Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Savannah, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Candler Foundation Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $1.7m (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Candler Foundation Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Byron Foundation ($1.7m), The Autism Project ($1.7m) and Swope Health Foundation ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $166k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $99k. At year end it held assets of $11.7m against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $11.5m. It reported 2 employees.