James E West Foundation

Analysis

James E West Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Omaha, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, James E West Foundation reported income of $4.7m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $23.2m to $4.7m (-80%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 204%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, James E West Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Girl Scouts of South Carolina- Mountain to Midlands Inc ($4.7m), Compass Youth Collaborative Inc ($4.7m) and Kingdom House ($4.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $20.8m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $19.3m.