Give Lively Foundation Inc

Analysis

Give Lively Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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 2023, Give Lively Foundation Inc reported income of $35.7m and spending of $36.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $995k to $35.7m (+3484%), an average of +230% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 2153%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Give Lively Foundation Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc ($35.7m), Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation ($35.7m) and Holdsworth Center ($35.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $27.9m against liabilities of $27.6m, net assets of $219k.