Christwood Foundation

Analysis

Christwood Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Covington, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Christwood Foundation reported income of $648k and spending of $284k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $444k to $648k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Christwood Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rose View Terrace Inc ($648k), Casa Natomas ($648k) and Upsala Elder Housing Corporation ($648k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $140k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.1m.