United Way of the Klamath Basin

Analysis

United Way of the Klamath Basin is a registered charity in United States, based in Klamath Falls, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1953, 73 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 2022, United Way of the Klamath Basin reported income of $246k and spending of $516k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $500k to $246k (-51%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Way of the Klamath Basin sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Family Service Foundation Inc ($246k), Impact 100 Metrodenver ($246k) and Phillips-Strickland Charities ($246k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $50k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 2 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.