Blue Bird Foundation

Analysis

Blue Bird Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type ii) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Blue Bird Foundation reported income of $594k and spending of $10.8m, spending 1819% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $879k to $594k (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 382% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blue Bird 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 73rd percentile, and in the 77th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jason Taylor Foundation Inc ($594k), Park Avenue Community Center Inc ($594k) and 2nd Mile Ministries ($594k).

At year end it held assets of $20.8m against liabilities of $10.0m, net assets of $10.8m.