Western Governors Foundation

Analysis

Western Governors Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1985, 41 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 (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Western Governors Foundation reported income of $260k and spending of $145k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2023, income grew from $25k to $260k (+940%), an average of +222% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 542%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Western Governors 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 59th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Franklin Township Soccer Club Inc ($260k), Jupiter 360 Foundation ($260k) and Calvin Community Foundation ($260k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $389k against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $326k.