Bay Valley Foundation

Analysis

Bay Valley Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ripon, 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, Bay Valley Foundation reported income of $1.0m and spending of $914k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $266k to $1.0m (+282%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bay Valley Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dismas Charities Foundation Inc ($1.0m), Emerge Center Inc ($1.0m) and Christian Academy of Louisville Foundation Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.5% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $186k. At year end it held assets of $187k against liabilities of $106, net assets of $186k. It reported 10 employees.