The Robison Excelsior Foundation

Analysis

The Robison Excelsior Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Abilene, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2011, 15 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, The Robison Excelsior Foundation reported income of $962k and spending of $980k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $982k to $962k (-2.1%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Robison Excelsior Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitewater Community Foundation ($962k), St Francis Residence Trust ($962k) and The Cape Coral Kiwanis Foundation Inc ($961k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $157k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $16k. At year end it held assets of $52k against liabilities of $3,193, net assets of $48k. It reported 3 employees.