Vietnam War Memorial Fund

Analysis

Vietnam War Memorial Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Boring, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Vietnam War Memorial Fund reported income of $1.2m and spending of $319k, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $548k to $1.2m (+120%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 385%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Vietnam War Memorial Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kid Smart ($1.2m), Student Publications Incorporated ($1.2m) and Terre Haute Childrens Museum Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.