Whale Foundation

Analysis

Whale Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Flagstaff, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 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, Whale Foundation reported income of $196k and spending of $143k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $260k to $196k (-24%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Whale Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trauma Intervention Programs Inc ($196k), Bellingham Seafeast ($196k) and Lakewood Connects Inc ($196k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $23k. It paid $6,762 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $533k against liabilities of $397, net assets of $533k.