Kicking Bear Foundation

Analysis

Kicking Bear Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in LA Crescent, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Kicking Bear Foundation reported income of $531k and spending of $391k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $242k to $531k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kicking Bear Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach Inc ($531k), Pregnancy Services of Delta County ($531k) and Tiffin Seneca Day Care Center Inc ($531k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $227k. At year end it held assets of $507k against liabilities of $2,855, net assets of $504k. It reported 7 employees.