Silver Lining Foundation

Analysis

Silver Lining Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Missoula, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Silver Lining Foundation reported income of $76k and spending of $68k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $47k to $76k (+63%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Silver Lining Foundation sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elk Institute for Psychological Health & Performance ($76k), Great Plains Colon Cancer Task Force ($76k) and Global Cancer Institute Inc ($76k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 8.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $61k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $61k.