Chief Joseph Foundation

Analysis

Chief Joseph Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lapwai, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Chief Joseph Foundation reported income of $139k and spending of $156k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $208k to $139k (-33%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Chief Joseph Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Murphys Kittens Inc ($139k), Boston Terrier Rescue of North Carolina ($139k) and Central Pennsylvania Animal Alliance ($139k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $425k against liabilities of $54k, net assets of $372k.