Jefferson County Public Education Foundation

Analysis

Jefferson County Public Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Louisville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1983, 43 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 2024, Jefferson County Public Education Foundation reported income of $980k and spending of $2.4m, spending 246% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $398k to $980k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 7742%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jefferson County Public Education Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include J W Ellsworth Endowment Trust 20-32389000 ($980k), Special Forces Foundation ($980k) and Esas Foundation ($978k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $22.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $22.2m.