Greater Horizons Trust

Analysis

Greater Horizons Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Greater Horizons Trust reported income of $69.6m and spending of $7.6m, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $69.6m (+3836%), an average of +150% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2644%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Greater Horizons Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Telescope Fund ($69.4m), Nevada Community Foundation Inc ($69.6m) and South Dakota Community Foundation ($69.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $60.0m against liabilities of $954k, net assets of $59.1m.