Birds of Paradise Foundation

Analysis

Birds of Paradise Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockford, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Birds of Paradise Foundation reported income of $287k and spending of $237k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $169k to $287k (+70%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Birds of Paradise Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 61st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triangle Club Inc ($287k), Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen ($287k) and Honoring Our Veterans ($287k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $69k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $69k.