Yampa Valley Community Foundation

Analysis

Yampa Valley Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Steamboat SPR, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1980, 46 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, Yampa Valley Community Foundation reported income of $14.0m and spending of $7.3m, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.3m to $14.0m (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 351%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Yampa Valley Community Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas ($14.0m), United Way of the Plains ($14.0m) and Pinellas Community Foundation ($13.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 3.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $194k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $347k. At year end it held assets of $68.9m against liabilities of $5.5m, net assets of $63.4m. It reported 7 employees.