Blackberry Farm Foundation

Analysis

Blackberry Farm Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Maryville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Blackberry Farm Foundation reported income of $336k and spending of $168k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $610k to $336k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blackberry Farm Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seeds of Faith Preschool ($336k), Cytometry Educational Association Inc ($336k) and Lab School of Memphis Inc ($336k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1,075. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $4,279, net assets of $1.3m.