Deer Hill Foundation

Analysis

Deer Hill Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Mancos, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 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, Deer Hill Foundation reported income of $154k and spending of $252k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $841k to $154k (-82%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Deer Hill Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adopt a Village Inc ($154k), Tri-Cities Sunrise Rotary Charity ($154k) and Park West Lions Charities Inc ($154k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $29k (12% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $451k against liabilities of $189, net assets of $450k. It reported 1 employees.