Eat Learn Play Foundation

Analysis

Eat Learn Play Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 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 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, Eat Learn Play Foundation reported income of $20.4m and spending of $17.3m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $20.4m (+1132%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 773%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Eat Learn Play Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pih Health Inc ($20.4m), Chester County Community Foundation Inc ($20.7m) and North Georgia Community Foundation ($20.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $822k (4.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $14.5m against liabilities of $3.9m, net assets of $10.6m. It reported 16 employees.