Travis County Sheriffs Dept Brown Santa Contingency Fund

Analysis

Travis County Sheriffs Dept Brown Santa Contingency Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1996, 30 years ago. 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, Travis County Sheriffs Dept Brown Santa Contingency Fund reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.3m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $424k to $1.2m (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Travis County Sheriffs Dept Brown Santa Contingency Fund sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Curative Care Center Inc ($1.2m), Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc ($1.2m) and Disability Resource Center Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $47k (3.7% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $185k against liabilities of $1,975, net assets of $183k.