The Spirit of St Bernard Foundation

Analysis

The Spirit of St Bernard Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Arabi, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 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 September 2023, The Spirit of St Bernard Foundation reported income of $349k and spending of $212k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $349k (-79%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Spirit of St Bernard Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include School Foundation Inc ($349k), Estero Bay Kindness Coalition ($349k) and Frank and Nancy Parsons Foundation Inc ($348k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.1m.