Palouse Empire Fair Foundation

Analysis

Palouse Empire Fair Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Endicott, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 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, Palouse Empire Fair Foundation reported income of $120k and spending of $29k, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $79k to $120k (+52%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Palouse Empire Fair Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 37th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Dixon May Fair ($120k), Rotary Club of Hillsborough Foundation Inc ($120k) and Manhattan Community Health Foundation ($120k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $235k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $235k.