Philadelphia Building Trades Charity Fund

Analysis

Philadelphia Building Trades Charity Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 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, Philadelphia Building Trades Charity Fund reported income of $123k and spending of $107k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $80k to $123k (+54%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Philadelphia Building Trades Charity Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 141 Impact Inc ($123k), Robert and Nancy Dedman Foundation ($123k) and Sewanee Community Chest ($123k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $109k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $109k.