Birmingham Bar Foundation

Analysis

Birmingham Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1995, 31 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 December 2023, Birmingham Bar Foundation reported income of $1.7m and spending of $197k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $218k to $1.7m (+697%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1075%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Birmingham Bar Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Health and Medical Research Charities of America ($1.7m), BPCC Foundation Inc ($1.7m) and Silver Lining Missions ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2,937. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $122k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 1 employees.