Methow Valley Education Foundation

Analysis

Methow Valley Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Winthrop, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1984, 42 years ago. 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, Methow Valley Education Foundation reported income of $1.0m and spending of $213k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $1.0m (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Methow Valley Education Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include On Site Opera Inc ($1.0m), Blue Water Christian Life Association Inc ($1.0m) and Carole and Ronald Krist Samaritan Counseling Center ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.3m.