Blakeford at Green Hills Corporation

Analysis

Blakeford at Green Hills Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Blakeford at Green Hills Corporation reported income of $23.2m and spending of $26.1m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $19.5m to $23.2m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blakeford at Green Hills Corporation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens ($23.2m), Somerset County Young Mens Christian Association Inc ($23.2m) and Covenant Kids Inc ($23.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $567k (2.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $10.2m. At year end it held assets of $123.2m against liabilities of $144.6m, net assets of -$21.4m. It reported 257 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.