Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship Fund

Analysis

Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Lower Burrell, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 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, Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship Fund reported income of $51k and spending of $15k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $41k to $51k (+25%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship Fund sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 18th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heritage Elementary School PTO ($51k), Hfc-Jlc Memorial Scholarship Fund Incorporated ($51k) and Avstem Incorporated ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $182k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $182k.