Glider

Analysis

Glider is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Glider reported income of $117k and spending of $97k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $340k to $117k (-66%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Glider sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 37th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shoals Area Chamber Foundation Inc ($117k), Phoenix Rehabilitation Consulting Services Inc ($117k) and Minnesota Workers Compensation Symposium ($117k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $107k against liabilities of $2,945, net assets of $104k.