BJ Montgomery Discovery Foundation

Analysis

BJ Montgomery Discovery Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in West Chester, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, BJ Montgomery Discovery Foundation reported income of $188k and spending of $111k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $50k to $188k (+276%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, BJ Montgomery Discovery Foundation 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 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Markham Childrens Care Association Inc ($188k), NJTL of Bennington VT ($188k) and Dispute Resolution Center-Central Brazos Valley Inc ($188k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $661k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $661k.