Harrisburg Community Foundation

Analysis

Harrisburg Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Harrisburg Community Foundation reported income of $153k and spending of $95k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $184k to $153k (-17%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Harrisburg Community Foundation sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Save-The-Child Ministries Inc ($153k), Stella and Charles Guttman Community College Association Inc ($153k) and Hospice Cup Inc ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 42% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $82k (86% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $604k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $604k.