Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation

Analysis

Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Ruleville, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation reported income of $488k and spending of $359k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $173k to $488k (+182%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 925%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nome Pre-School Association Inc ($488k), Liberty Christian Academy of Sarasota Inc ($488k) and After 26 Project Inc ($488k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $174k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $1,318, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 5 employees.