Big Silence Foundation Inc

Analysis

Big Silence Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Big Silence Foundation Inc reported income of $236k and spending of $224k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $138k to $236k (+71%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Big Silence Foundation Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rio Grande Valley Diabetesassociation ($236k), NMF Housing III ($236k) and Los Angeles Recovery Connect ($235k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $60k (27% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6,521. At year end it held assets of $6,428 against liabilities of $22k, net assets of -$15k.