Helen Keller Foundation Inc

Analysis

Helen Keller Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1997, 29 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Helen Keller Foundation Inc reported income of $137k and spending of $338k, spending 247% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $348k to $137k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 1283%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Helen Keller Foundation Inc sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hargrave Trust Uw Margert Ella Hargrave ($137k), The Doris and Isaac Moinester Foundation ($137k) and Mississippi Valley State University James Herbert White Foundation ($137k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 119% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $47k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 1 employees.