Special Forces Foundation

Analysis

Special Forces Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Falcon, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Special Forces Foundation reported income of $980k and spending of $894k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $824k to $980k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Special Forces Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jefferson County Public Education Foundation ($980k), Brazen Racing Sports and Community ($980k) and J W Ellsworth Endowment Trust 20-32389000 ($980k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18k. At year end it held assets of $147k against liabilities of $103k, net assets of $44k. It reported 1 employees.