Hardy Fern Foundation

Analysis

Hardy Fern Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Federal Way, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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, Hardy Fern Foundation reported income of $53k and spending of $71k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $69k to $53k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Hardy Fern Foundation sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 15th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charles Town Landing Foundation ($53k), Tecumseh Area Historical Society ($53k) and PTA North Carolina Congress ($53k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 5.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $24k. At year end it held assets of $540k against liabilities of $100, net assets of $540k. It reported 2 employees.