US Mexico Foundation

Analysis

US Mexico Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 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 2022, US Mexico Foundation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $662k to $1.8m (+172%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, US Mexico 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 65th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 11 Day Power Play Inc ($1.8m), Shenandoah Community Foundation Inc ($1.8m) and Philanthropy Ohio ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $279k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $198k. At year end it held assets of $909k against liabilities of $108k, net assets of $801k. It reported 7 employees.