Flickr Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Flickr Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Flickr Charitable Foundation reported income of $919k and spending of $321k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $243k to $919k (+278%), an average of +278% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Flickr Charitable Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Casa Foundation ($919k), Denise Amber Lee Foundation Inc ($920k) and Webster County Community Hospital Foundation Inc ($918k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $117k (36% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $82k. At year end it held assets of $628k against liabilities of $4,019, net assets of $624k. It reported 2 employees.